(1)(a) In the administration of articles
70 to 82 of this title, the division shall cooperate with the United States department
of labor to the fullest extent consistent with the provisions of articles 70 to 82 of
this title, and shall take such action through the adoption of appropriate rules,
regulations, administrative methods, and standards as may be necessary to secure
to the state and its citizens all the advantages available under the provisions of the
federal Social Security Act, as amended, section 3302 of the Federal
Unemployment Tax Act, the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended, and the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970.
(b)In the administration of the provisions of article 75 of this title, which are
enacted to conform with the requirements of the
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(1) (a) In the administration of articles
70 to 82 of this title, the division shall cooperate with the United States department
of labor to the fullest extent consistent with the provisions of articles 70 to 82 of
this title, and shall take such action through the adoption of appropriate rules,
regulations, administrative methods, and standards as may be necessary to secure
to the state and its citizens all the advantages available under the provisions of the
federal Social Security Act, as amended, section 3302 of the Federal
Unemployment Tax Act, the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended, and the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970.
(b) In the administration of the provisions of article 75 of this title, which are
enacted to conform with the requirements of the Federal-State Extended
Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970, the division shall take such action as
may be necessary:
(I) To ensure that the provisions are so interpreted and applied as to meet
the requirements of such federal act as interpreted by the United States
department of labor; and
(II) To secure to this state the full reimbursement of the federal share of
extended benefits paid under articles 70 to 82 of this title that are reimbursable
under the federal act.
(2) The division shall comply with the regulations of the secretary of labor or
his successor relating to the receipt or expenditure by this state of money granted
under any of said acts and shall make such reports, in such form and containing
such information as the secretary of labor may from time to time require, and shall
comply with such provisions as the secretary of labor, from time to time, may find
necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports. The division
shall afford reasonable cooperation with every agency of the United States
charged with the administration of any employment security law.
(3) The division is authorized to make such investigations, obtain and
transmit such information, make available such services and facilities, and exercise
such of the other powers provided in articles 70 to 82 of this title with respect to
the administration of articles 70 to 82 of this title as it deems necessary or
appropriate to facilitate the administration of any state or federal unemployment
insurance or public employment service law and in like manner to accept and utilize
information, services, and facilities made available to the state by the agency
charged with the administration of any such other unemployment insurance or
public employment service law.
(4) Upon request therefor the division shall furnish to any agency of the
United States charged with the administration of public works or assistance
through public employment the name, address, ordinary occupation, and
employment status of each recipient of benefits and such recipient's right to
further benefits under articles 70 to 82 of this title.
(5) The division may make the state's records relating to the administration
of articles 70 to 82 of this title available to the railroad retirement board and may
furnish the railroad retirement board, at the expense of such board, such copies
thereof as the railroad retirement board deems necessary for its purposes.
(6) (a) The division may afford reasonable cooperation with every agency of
the United States charged with the administration of any law providing for payment
of benefits arising out of unemployment. In so doing, the division may use its
personnel and equipment and accept and use federal funds and make payments
therefrom, but in so doing it is not required to neglect or to carry on with less
efficiency its own program, and the state of Colorado and its employees shall be
free from liability except in case of gross negligence or attempt to defraud the
United States.
(b) The director of the division is authorized to enter into agreements with
every agency of the United States charged with administration of income or wage
verification for the purpose of exchanging information among agencies as a method
of controlling the overpayment of unemployment benefits.
(7) The director of the division is authorized to enter into agreements with
other departments and divisions of the state for the purpose of obtaining such
information as he deems necessary for the proper administration of articles 70 to
82 of this title and providing for payment of the costs thereof.
(8) The director of the division is authorized to enter into agreements with
other departments and divisions of the state for the purpose of establishing an
income and eligibility system for the exchange of information among agencies
administrating federally assisted human service programs. Such system shall
conform to all requirements and restrictions of section 1137 of the federal Social
Security Act, as amended.
(9) (a) Information obtained by a state or local child support enforcement
agency pursuant to subsection (8) of this section may be used only for the purposes
authorized by said subsection (8) and may not be disclosed by such agency to any
person or entity for the purposes of establishing, modifying, or collecting child
support obligations or locating individuals owing such obligations unless
safeguards for the confidentiality of such information, consistent with section 303
(e)(1)(B) of the federal Social Security Act, as amended, are established by
agreement. Neither the division nor its employees shall be liable in civil action for
providing information in accordance with subsection (8) of this section.
(b) The limitations on disclosure of information obtained pursuant to
subsection (8) of this section set forth in paragraph (a) of this subsection (9) shall
apply to any agent of a state or local child support enforcement agency specified in
section 8-72-107 (1).
(10) On a quarterly basis, the director of the division shall provide wage and
claim information contained in division records to the secretary of the federal
department of health and human services for purposes of the national directory of
new hires pursuant to all requirements and restrictions set forth in section 453 of
the federal Social Security Act, as amended.