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2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 2 - Disability Benefits › ARTICLE 1 - Eligibility › Section 2626.1.

2626.1. (a) An individual who is a resident in an alcoholic recovery home pursuant to referral or recommendation by a physician shall be eligible for disability benefits for a period not in excess of 30 days in any disability benefit period while receiving resident services, if an authorized representative of the alcoholic recovery home certifies that the individual is a resident participating in an alcoholic recovery program which has been certified by the State Department of Health Care Services. The individual shall be eligible for disability benefits for an additional period not in excess of 60 days if the referring physician certifies to the need of the individual for continuing resident services.
(b) The department shall reimburse the State Department of Health Care Services from the Disability Fund, in a reasonable amount as determined by the department, for the expense of reviewing any alcoholic recovery program, as required by the department in the administration of subdivision (a) which is not funded in the county alcohol program plan provided for in Article 3 (commencing with Section 11810) or Article 4 (commencing with Section 11830) of Part 2 of Division 10.5 of the Health and Safety Code.
(c) Outside the State of California, an individual who is a resident in an alcohol recovery home pursuant to referral or recommendation by a physician shall be eligible for disability benefits for a period not in excess of 30 days in any disability benefit period while receiving resident services, if an authorized representative of the alcoholic recovery home certifies that the individual is a resident participating in an alcoholic recovery program, licensed by or satisfying a program review by the state in which the facility is located. The individual shall be eligible for disability benefits for an additional period not in excess of 60 days if the referring physician certifies to the need of the individual for continuing resident services.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 22, Sec. 84. (AB 75) Effective June 27, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 110 of Ch. 22.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 2 - Disability Benefits › ARTICLE 1 - Eligibility › Section 2626.2.

2626.2. (a) An individual who is a resident in a drug-free residential facility pursuant to referral or recommendation by a physician shall be eligible for disability benefits for a period not in excess of 45 days in any disability benefit period while receiving resident services, if an authorized representative of the drug-free residential facility certifies that the individual is a resident participating in a drug-free residential facility which has satisfied a program review by the State Department of Health Care Services. The individual shall be eligible for disability benefits for an additional period not in excess of 45 days if the referring physician certifies to the need of the individual for continuing resident services.
(b) The department shall reimburse the State Department of Health Care Services from the Disability Fund, in a reasonable amount as determined by the department, for the expense of reviewing any drug-free residential facility, as required by the department in the administration of subdivision (a), which is not funded under the federal Drug Abuse Office and Treatment Act of 1972 (Public Law 92-255) or in conformance with Article 2 (commencing with Section 11975) of Chapter 2 of Part 3 of Division 10.5 of the Health and Safety Code.
(c) Outside the State of California, an individual who is a resident in a drug-free residential facility pursuant to referral or recommendation by a physician shall be eligible for disability benefits for a period not in excess of 45 days in any disability benefit period while receiving resident services, if an authorized representative of the drug-free residential facility certifies that the individual is a resident participating in a drug-free residential program, licensed by or satisfying a program review by the state in which the facility is located. The individual shall be eligible for disability benefits for an additional period, but not in excess of 45 days, if the referring physician certifies to the need of the individual for continuing resident services.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 22, Sec. 85. (AB 75) Effective June 27, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 110 of Ch. 22.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 2 - Disability Benefits › ARTICLE 1 - Eligibility › Section 2627.

2627. A disabled individual is eligible to receive disability benefits equal to one-seventh of his or her weekly benefit amount for each full day during which he or she is unemployed due to a disability only if the director finds that:
(a) He or she has made a claim for disability benefits as required by authorized regulations.
(b) (1) He or she has been unemployed and disabled for a waiting period of seven consecutive days during each disability benefit period with respect to which waiting period no disability benefits are payable.
(2) The waiting period requirement shall not apply to a person who has met the waiting period requirements on the initial claim for disability benefits when that person files a subsequent claim for disability benefits for the same or a related cause or condition within 60 days after the original disability benefit period.
(c) Except as provided in Sections 2626.1, 2626.2, and 2709, he or she has submitted to such reasonable examinations as the director may require for the purpose of determining his or her disability.
(d) Except as provided in Section 2708.1, he or she has filed a certificate as required by Section 2708 or 2709.
(e) The director shall report to the Legislature regarding the effect of the modified waiting period in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) on or before January 1, 2020, and may submit subsequent reports thereafter. The report shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(f) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2016.
(Repealed (in Sec. 3) and added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 357, Sec. 4. (SB 667) Effective January 1, 2016. Section operative July 1, 2016, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 2 - Disability Benefits › ARTICLE 1 - Eligibility › Section 2628.

2628. An individual is not eligible for disability benefits with respect to any period for which the director finds that he has received or is entitled to receive unemployment compensation benefits under Part 1 of this division or under an unemployment compensation act of any other state or of the Federal Government.
(Enacted by Stats. 1953, Ch. 308.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 2 - Disability Benefits › ARTICLE 1 - Eligibility › Section 2629.

2629. (a) Except as provided in this section, an individual is not eligible for disability benefits under this part for any day of unemployment and disability for which he or she has received, or is entitled to receive, “other benefits” in the form of cash payments.
(b) “Other benefits,” as used in this section and Section 2629.1, means any of the following:
(1) Temporary disability indemnity under a workers’ compensation law of this state or of any other state or of the federal government.
(2) Temporary disability benefits under any employer’s liability law of this state or of any other state or of the federal government.
(3) Permanent disability benefits for the same injury or illness under the workers’ compensation law of this state, any other state, or the federal government.
(c) If these “other benefits” are less than the amount an individual would otherwise receive as disability benefits under this part, he or she shall be entitled to receive, for that day, if otherwise eligible, disability benefits under this part reduced by the amount of these “other benefits.”
(d) An individual shall be entitled to receive, for any day, if otherwise eligible, disability benefits under this part reduced by the amount of the permanent disability indemnity if the permanent disability indemnity is less than the amount an individual would otherwise receive as disability benefits under this part.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 392, Sec. 6. (AB 2538) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 2 - Disability Benefits › ARTICLE 1 - Eligibility › Section 2629.5.

2629.5. To the extent permitted by federal law, excludable restitution payments, as defined in Section 17131.1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, and excludable settlement payments, as defined in Section 17131.2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, may not be applied to reduce the amount of disability benefits to which an individual may otherwise be entitled under law.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 402, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 2 - Disability Benefits › ARTICLE 2 - Computation (Amount and Duration) › Section 2652.

2652. An individual cannot establish a valid claim unless he has during his disability base period been paid wages for employment by employers of not less than three hundred dollars ($300).
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 2107.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 2 - Disability Benefits › ARTICLE 2 - Computation (Amount and Duration) › Section 2653.

2653. Except as provided in Sections 708 and 708.5, the maximum amount of benefits payable to an individual during any one disability benefit period shall be 52 times his or her weekly benefit amount, but in no case shall the total amount of the benefits payable be more than the total wages paid to the individual during his or her disability base period. If the benefit is not a multiple of one dollar ($1) it shall be computed to the next higher multiple of one dollar ($1).
This section shall apply to periods of disability commencing on or after January 1, 1984.
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 747, Sec. 14. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 2 - Disability Benefits › ARTICLE 2 - Computation (Amount and Duration) › Section 2654.

2654. For the purpose of this article wages due to any individual but unpaid within the time limit provided by law, shall be deemed wages paid to such individual.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 1371.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 2 - Disability Benefits › ARTICLE 2 - Computation (Amount and Duration) › Section 2656.

2656. (a) An individual eligible to receive disability benefits who receives wages or regular wages from his or her employer during the period of his or her disability or period of family care leave shall be paid disability benefits for any seven-day week or partial week in an amount not to exceed his or her maximum weekly amount which together with the wages or regular wages does not exceed his or her weekly wage, exclusive of wages paid for overtime work, immediately prior to the commencement of his or her disability or period of family care leave.
(b) For purposes of this section, to determine the wages or regular wages received by the eligible individual, the amount as stated by the individual shall be presumed to be accurate. This presumption is one affecting the burden of producing evidence.
(c) Except as provided in subdivision (g) of Section 3303, for purposes of periods of disability commencing on or after January 1, 1992, vacation pay is not considered wages for determining eligibility for disability benefits.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 797, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 2 - Disability Benefits › ARTICLE 2 - Computation (Amount and Duration) › Section 2657.

2657. If the remuneration of an individual is not based upon a fixed period or duration of time or if the individual’s wages are paid at irregular intervals or in such manner as not to extend regularly over the period of employment, the wages for any week or for any calendar quarter for the purpose of computing an individual’s right to disability benefits shall be determined pursuant to authorized regulations. The regulations shall, so far as possible, secure results reasonably similar to those which would prevail if the individual were paid his wages at regular intervals.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 2 - Disability Benefits › ARTICLE 2 - Computation (Amount and Duration) › Section 2658.

2658. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions in this part, except as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 2611, in determining the benefit rights of any person who was involved in a trade dispute during the disability base period, as determined pursuant to Section 2610, there shall be excluded from the disability base period those quarters during which the person performed no services in employment for 60 days or more as a result of a trade dispute. For all quarters so excluded there shall be substituted an equal number of quarters immediately preceding the commencement of the trade dispute. In the event the disability base period so determined includes wages in calendar quarters for which the records have been destroyed under proper approval, a claimant may establish the amount of wages by affidavit in accordance with authorized regulations. The quarter of commencement of the trade dispute shall be counted as a completed quarter if the director finds that the inclusion thereof would be more equitable to the claimant.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1211, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 2 - Disability Benefits › ARTICLE 3 - Disqualifications › Section 2675.

2675. (a) An individual shall be disqualified from receiving benefits under this part if he or she has willfully, for the purpose of obtaining benefits, either made a false statement or representation, with actual knowledge of the falsity thereof, or withheld a material fact in order to obtain any benefits under this part.
(b) An individual disqualified under subdivision (a) under a determination transmitted to him or her by the department, shall be ineligible to receive benefits from the date the disqualifying determination was issued and for not less than seven nor more than 35 subsequent days for which he or she is otherwise eligible for benefits under this part. When successive disqualifications under subdivision (a) occur, the director may extend the period of ineligibility for an additional period not to exceed 56 days.
(c) If all or any of the assessed days of ineligibility cannot be served because the individual is no longer otherwise eligible for benefits under this part, the assessed days of ineligibility shall be applied to any subsequent disability benefit period for which he or she is otherwise eligible for benefits. No disqualification under this subdivision shall be applied, however, to any day of eligibility which falls beyond the three-year period next succeeding the date upon which the determination was mailed or served by the department.
(d) The amendments made to this section by the act adding this subdivision shall apply to disqualifying determinations issued on or after January 1, 1992.
(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1134, Sec. 5.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 2 - Disability Benefits › ARTICLE 3 - Disqualifications › Section 2676.

2676. An individual who is disqualified from receiving unemployment compensation benefits under Sections 1256, 1257, 1260, 1261, and 1263 shall be presumed to be ineligible to receive disability benefits under this part for the same period or periods unless he or she establishes to the satisfaction of the director that he or she is suffering a bona fide illness or injury or claiming a period of family care leave and the director finds that there is good cause for paying disability benefits.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 797, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 2 - Disability Benefits › ARTICLE 3 - Disqualifications › Section 2677.

2677. An individual who is otherwise eligible for benefits under this part shall not be disqualified from receiving such benefits because of a disqualification from receiving unemployment compensation benefits under Section 1262.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1052.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 2 - Disability Benefits › ARTICLE 3 - Disqualifications › Section 2678.

2678. An individual shall be disqualified from receiving benefits under this part while he is confined, pursuant to commitment or court order or certification, in an institution or other place, as a dipsomaniac, drug addict or sexual psychopath.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 1805.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 2 - Disability Benefits › ARTICLE 3 - Disqualifications › Section 2679.

2679. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an individual who is otherwise eligible shall not be disqualified for benefits under this part for the day on which he or she or a family member, as defined in Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 3300), for whom the individual is providing care, died.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 797, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 2 - Disability Benefits › ARTICLE 3 - Disqualifications › Section 2680.

2680. (a) An individual shall be ineligible for benefits under this part for any day during which he or she is incarcerated in any federal, state, or municipal penal institution, jail, medical facility, public or private hospital, or in any other place because of a criminal violation of a federal, state, or other municipal law or ordinance. For purposes of this section, “incarceration” includes any time spent in the custody of law enforcement authorities upon adjudication or conviction by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(b) This section shall apply only with respect to periods of incarceration commencing on or after January 1, 1994.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 318, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 2 - Disability Benefits › ARTICLE 3 - Disqualifications › Section 2681.

2681. (a) Any individual who commits a crime shall be ineligible for benefits under this part if the individual is disabled due to an illness or injury caused by, or arising out of the commission of, arrest, investigation, or prosecution of any crime that results in a felony conviction.
(b) For purposes of this section, a plea or verdict of guilty, or a felony conviction following a plea of nolo contendere or no contest shall be considered to be a felony conviction under this part, irrespective of whether an order granting probation or suspending the imposition or execution of any sentence is issued.
(c) This section shall apply only with respect to convictions rendered on or after January 1, 1994, regardless of the date the disability commenced, or benefits were paid.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 318, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 2 - Disability Benefits › ARTICLE 4 - Filing, Determination and Payment of Disability Benefit Claims › Section 2701.5.

2701.5. The department shall issue the initial payment for unemployment compensation disability benefits to a monetarily eligible claimant who is otherwise determined eligible by the department under applicable law and regulation within 14 days of receipt of his or her properly completed first disability claim.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1093, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 2 - Disability Benefits › ARTICLE 4 - Filing, Determination and Payment of Disability Benefit Claims › Section 2702.

2702. Minors who are eligible for disability benefits may be paid and receive such benefits in their own right and a receipt signed by a minor shall be valid and binding in all respects.
(Enacted by Stats. 1953, Ch. 308.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 2 - Disability Benefits › ARTICLE 4 - Filing, Determination and Payment of Disability Benefit Claims › Section 2703.

2703. The establishment of a disability benefit period for unemployment compensation disability benefits shall not establish a benefit year for unemployment compensation benefits and the filing of a valid claim for one shall not establish a valid claim for the other. Wages used to establish a valid claim for disability benefits may be used to establish a subsequent claim for disability benefits or unemployment compensation benefits provided such wages were paid in the base period applicable to the subsequent claim.
(Amended by Stats. 1953, Ch. 1371.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 2 - Disability Benefits › ARTICLE 4 - Filing, Determination and Payment of Disability Benefit Claims › Section 2705.

2705. Where an individual who would be eligible to receive disability benefits dies before making a claim therefor, the director may in accordance with authorized regulations allow the filing of a claim for such benefits by a person legally entitled thereto under Section 1341.
(Enacted by Stats. 1953, Ch. 308.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 2 - Disability Benefits › ARTICLE 4 - Filing, Determination and Payment of Disability Benefit Claims › Section 2705.1.

2705.1. Where an individual who would be eligible to receive disability benefits is mentally unable to make a claim therefor, the director shall, in accordance with authorized regulations, allow the filing of a claim for these benefits by the spouse or domestic partner of the individual, in the absence of any other legally authorized representative of the individual. A payment shall be made upon affidavit executed by the spouse or domestic partner or person or persons claiming to be entitled to the benefits and the receipt of the affidavit or affidavits shall fully discharge the Director of Employment Development from any further liability with reference to the payments, without the necessity of inquiring into the truth of any of the facts stated in the affidavit.
For the purposes of this section “mentally unable to make a claim” shall be limited to those cases in which the individual is certified by a healing arts practitioner specified in Sections 2708 and 2709 to be mentally unable to make a claim pursuant to this part.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 893, Sec. 60. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 2 - Disability Benefits › ARTICLE 4 - Filing, Determination and Payment of Disability Benefit Claims › Section 2706.

2706. Claims for disability benefits shall be made in accordance with authorized regulations of the Director of Employment Development. Each employer shall post and maintain in places readily accessible to individuals in his service printed statements concerning such regulations and shall make available to each such individual copies of such printed statements, regulations or matters relating to claims for disability benefits as the Director of Employment Development may prescribe. Such printed statements shall be supplied to each employer by the Director of Employment Development without cost to the employer.
(Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1212, Sec. 215.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 2 - Disability Benefits › ARTICLE 4 - Filing, Determination and Payment of Disability Benefit Claims › Section 2706.1.

2706.1. A first claim, accompanied by a certificate on a form furnished by the department to the claimant, shall be filed not later than the 41st consecutive day following the first compensable day of unemployment and disability with respect to which the claim is made for benefits, which time shall be extended by the department upon a showing of good cause. If a first claim is not complete, the claim form shall be returned to the claimant for completion and it shall be completed and returned not later than the 10th consecutive day after the date it was mailed by the department to the claimant, except that such time shall be extended by the department upon a showing of good cause.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 904, Sec. 2. Effective September 13, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 2 - Disability Benefits › ARTICLE 4 - Filing, Determination and Payment of Disability Benefit Claims › Section 2706.2.

2706.2. Any continued medical certification shall be submitted to the department within 20 days of the date the claimant is issued a notice of final payment or departmental request for additional medical certification. The 20-day time limit shall be extended by the department upon a showing of good cause.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1134, Sec. 6.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 2 - Disability Benefits › ARTICLE 4 - Filing, Determination and Payment of Disability Benefit Claims › Section 2707.

2707. The department shall give a notice of the filing of a first claim for each disability benefit period to the employing unit by which the claimant was last employed immediately preceding the filing of such claim.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 373.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 2 - Disability Benefits › ARTICLE 4 - Filing, Determination and Payment of Disability Benefit Claims › Section 2707.1.

2707.1. Within two working days after receipt of the notice provided for in Section 2707, or if there has been a termination of the claimant’s service within five days after such termination, whichever is the later, the last employer shall notify the department of any information known to him which may bear upon the eligibility of the claimant.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 373.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 2 - Disability Benefits › ARTICLE 4 - Filing, Determination and Payment of Disability Benefit Claims › Section 2707.2.

2707.2. (a) The department shall consider the facts submitted by the employer pursuant to Section 2707.1 and make a determination as to the eligibility of the claimant for benefits. The department shall promptly notify the claimant of the determination and the reasons therefor. The claimant may appeal therefrom to an administrative law judge within 30 days from service of the notice of determination. The 30-day period may be extended for good cause. The director shall be an interested party to any appeal.
(b) “Good cause,” as used in this section, shall include, but not be limited to, mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect.
(c) This section shall become operative on March 1, 2018.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 67, Sec. 29. (SB 191) Effective June 30, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 2 - Disability Benefits › ARTICLE 4 - Filing, Determination and Payment of Disability Benefit Claims › Section 2707.3.

2707.3. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) of this section, upon the filing of a claim for unemployment compensation disability benefits, the Employment Development Department shall promptly make a computation on the claim which shall set forth the maximum amount of benefits potentially payable during the disability benefit period and the weekly benefit amount. The Employment Development Department shall promptly notify the claimant of the computation.
(b) No computation shall be made on a claim of an employee for disability benefits under an approved self-insured plan if the uninterrupted period of disability for such claim does not exceed the waiting period prescribed for benefits from the Disability Fund under subdivision (b) of Section 2627.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1143.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 2 - Disability Benefits › ARTICLE 4 - Filing, Determination and Payment of Disability Benefit Claims › Section 2707.4.

2707.4. (a) The claimant may, within 30 days after the service of the notice of computation or recomputation, protest the accuracy of the computation or recomputation. The 30-day period may be extended for good cause. The department shall consider any such protest and shall promptly notify the claimant of the recomputation or denial of recomputation. The claimant may appeal from a notice of denial of recomputation in the manner prescribed in Section 2707.2. The director shall be an interested party to any appeal.
(b) “Good cause,” as used in this section, shall include, but not be limited to, mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect.
(c) This section shall become operative on March 1, 2018.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 67, Sec. 30. (SB 191) Effective June 30, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 2 - Disability Benefits › ARTICLE 4 - Filing, Determination and Payment of Disability Benefit Claims › Section 2707.5.

2707.5. (a) The department may for good cause reconsider any determination provided for in this part prior to the filing of an appeal therefrom, or within 30 days after an appeal to an administrative law judge is filed. The department shall promptly notify the claimant of any reconsidered determination, and the claimant may appeal therefrom in the manner prescribed in Section 2707.2. The director shall be an interested party to any appeal.
(b) The department may for good cause reconsider any computation or recomputation provided for in this part within one year from the beginning date of the disability benefit period to which the notice of computation or recomputation relates, except that no recomputation may be considered with respect to any issue considered or under consideration in an appeal taken from a denial of recomputation. The department shall promptly notify the claimant of the recomputation. The claimant may protest the accuracy of the recomputation as prescribed in Section 2707.4.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 797, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 2 - Disability Benefits › ARTICLE 4 - Filing, Determination and Payment of Disability Benefit Claims › Section 2707.6.

2707.6. Notices, protests, and information required under this article shall be submitted in accordance with authorized regulations.
(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1159.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 2 - Disability Benefits › ARTICLE 4 - Filing, Determination and Payment of Disability Benefit Claims › Section 2707.8.

2707.8. (a) An administrative law judge, after affording a reasonable opportunity for fair hearing, shall, unless the appeal is withdrawn, affirm, reverse, modify, or set aside any determination that is appealed under this article. The claimant and the director shall be promptly notified in writing of the administrative law judge’s decision, together with reasons for the decision. The decision shall be final unless, within 30 days after mailing of the decision, further appeal is initiated to the appeals board pursuant to Section 1336. The 30-day limitation may be extended for good cause.
(b) “Good cause,” as used in this section, shall include, but not be limited to, mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect.
(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 276, Sec. 6. (AB 2886) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 2 - Disability Benefits › ARTICLE 4 - Filing, Determination and Payment of Disability Benefit Claims › Section 2708.1.

2708.1. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), where an individual is entitled to receive unemployment compensation disability benefits reduced by the amount of temporary workers’ compensation received for any day under Section 2629, it shall not be necessary that he or she obtain a certificate of a physician as required by subdivision (a) of Section 2708 to receive the reduced amount of disability benefits for that day, provided that the claimant submits evidence to the department of receipt of temporary disability benefits under a workers’ compensation law for that day.
(b) This section does not apply to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 3300).
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 797, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 2004.)
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2709. If any individual in good faith adheres to the teachings of any bona fide church, sect, denomination or organization and in accordance with its principles depends for healing entirely upon prayer or spiritual means, no medical examination shall be required, but in lieu thereof the director may accept the certificate of a duly authorized and accredited practitioner of that bona fide church, sect, denomination or organization as to the disability of the claimant, or the serious health condition of the family member that warrants the care of the individual, for purposes of Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 3300) of Part 2, and the estimated duration of such disability, and no authorized regulation prescribing the manner of proof of illness, injury, or serious health condition shall discriminate against that individual.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 797, Sec. 14. Effective January 1, 2004.)
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2712. Whenever an individual is entitled to benefits under this part but there is a dispute whether such benefits are payable from the Disability Fund or from one or another voluntary plan, benefits shall be paid to the individual, pursuant to authorized regulations, from the source against which his claim was first filed, at not less than the Disability Fund rate, pending the determination of the dispute. The appeals board may prescribe by regulation the time, manner, method, and procedure through which such disputes may be determined by administrative law judges and the appeals board. If it is finally determined that the benefits should have been paid from one of said sources other than the one which paid the benefits, reimbursement shall be promptly made from the Disability Fund or the voluntary plan, as the case may be, and the claimant shall be promptly paid the accumulated excess, if any, to which he is entitled. Reimbursement shall also be made to the extent of actual liability for benefits from one to another of the above mentioned sources when it is determined that benefits have been paid in error from one source which should have been paid from another.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 537, Sec. 40.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 2 - Disability Benefits › ARTICLE 4 - Filing, Determination and Payment of Disability Benefit Claims › Section 2712.5.

2712.5. (a) If, in a disputed coverage proceeding under Section 2712 a final decision of an administrative law judge or of the appeals board finds that an employer or insurer shall reimburse the Disability Fund and the employer or insurer fails to pay all or any part of the reimbursement within 15 days after the decision of an administrative law judge or of the appeals board becomes final, the director shall assess the unpaid amount against the employer or the insurer. The provisions of Article 8 (commencing with Section 1126) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 with respect to the assessment of contributions shall apply to the recovery of the unpaid amount. The provisions of Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 1701) of Part 1 with respect to the collection of contributions shall apply to the recovery of unpaid amounts under this section. Amounts so collected shall be deposited in the Disability Fund.
(b) The provisions of Article 9 (commencing with Section 1176) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 shall apply to amounts collected under this section and to amounts reimbursed to the Disability Fund after a final decision by an administrative law judge or the appeals board in a disputed coverage proceeding under Section 2712.
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 226, Sec. 2.)
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2713. In proceedings under this part the claimant, upon a showing of good cause, may request a closed hearing except that the last employer and each base period employer of the claimant shall be entitled to participate in any such hearing.
(Enacted by Stats. 1953, Ch. 308.)
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2714. All medical records of the department obtained under this part, except to the extent necessary for the proper administration of this part, or as provided elsewhere in law shall be confidential and shall not be published or be open to public inspection in any manner revealing the identity of the claimant or family member, or the nature or cause of his or her disability. Medical records that are disclosed shall be disclosed only pursuant to Section 1095, and shall remain confidential.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 797, Sec. 15. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 2 - Disability Benefits › ARTICLE 5 - Overpayments › Section 2735.

2735. Any person who is overpaid any amount as benefits under this part is liable for the amount overpaid unless:
(a) The overpayment was not due to fraud, misrepresentation or wilful nondisclosure on the part of the recipient, and
(b) The overpayment was received without fault on the part of the recipient, and its recovery would be against equity and good conscience.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1153.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 2 - Disability Benefits › ARTICLE 5 - Overpayments › Section 2735.1.

2735.1. If the director finds that an individual has been overpaid unemployment compensation disability benefits because he or she willfully, for the purpose of obtaining unemployment compensation disability benefits, either made a false statement or representation, with actual knowledge of the falsity thereof, or withheld a material fact, the director shall assess against the individual an amount equal to 30 percent of the overpayment amount. For the purpose of collection, an assessment made pursuant to this section may be treated as an overpayment. Assessments collected under this section shall be deposited in the Unemployment Compensation Disability Fund. No penalty under this section shall be assessed with regard to any false statement or representation made prior to January 1, 1986.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1211, Sec. 5.)
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2735.5. No claim of overpayment shall be based upon the disallowance by the Workmen’s Compensation Appeals Board of a claim of lien filed under Section 4903 of the Labor Code, or the allowance of such lien for less than the amount claimed, or upon the approval by the said appeals board of a compromise and release agreement providing for the allowance of such lien in an amount less than the claim.
(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1484.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 2 - Disability Benefits › ARTICLE 5 - Overpayments › Section 2736.

2736. The Director of Employment Development shall determine the amount of the overpayment and shall notify the recipient of the basis of the overpayment determination. In the absence of fraud, misrepresentation or willful nondisclosure, notice of the overpayment determination shall be served on the recipient within two years after the beginning of the disability benefit period for which the overpayment was made.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 67, Sec. 31. (SB 191) Effective June 30, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 2 - Disability Benefits › ARTICLE 5 - Overpayments › Section 2737.

2737. (a) Within 30 days from the date of mailing or serving of the notice of overpayment determination, the person affected may file an appeal to an administrative law judge. The director shall be an interested party to this appeal. The administrative law judge, after affording reasonable opportunity for a fair hearing, shall, unless the appeal is withdrawn, affirm, reverse, modify, or set aside the findings set forth in the notice of overpayment determination. The party and the director shall be notified of the administrative law judge’s decision, together with his or her reasons therefor, which shall be final unless within 30 days from the date of notification or mailing of the decision a further appeal is initiated to the appeals board pursuant to Section 1336. The 30-day period for an appeal to the administrative law judge or to the appeals board may be extended for good cause.
(b) “Good cause,” as used in this section, shall include, but not be limited to, mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect.
(c) This section shall become operative on March 1, 2018.
(Amended (as added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 276, Sec. 8) by Stats. 2017, Ch. 561, Sec. 250. (AB 1516) Effective January 1, 2018. Section operative March 1, 2018, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 2 - Disability Benefits › ARTICLE 5 - Overpayments › Section 2738.

2738. The Appeals Board shall review an appeal from an overpayment determination as provided in Sections 1336 and 1337 and determine what amount, if any, shall be recovered.
(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 266.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 2 - Disability Benefits › ARTICLE 5 - Overpayments › Section 2739.1.

2739.1. An abstract of judgment obtained pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 2739, or a copy thereof, may be recorded with the county recorder of any county. From the time of recording, the judgment shall constitute a lien against all real or personal property of the liable person in that county owned by the liable person at the time, or which the liable person may afterwards, but before the lien expires, acquire. The lien shall have the force, effect, and priority of a judgment lien and shall continue for 10 years from the time of recording of the abstract of judgment obtained pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 2739, unless sooner released or otherwise discharged.
The lien may, within 10 years from the date of recording of the abstract of judgment or within 10 years from the date of the last extension of the lien in the manner provided, be extended by recording a new abstract in the office of the county recorder of any county. From the date of the recording, the lien shall be extended for 10 years unless sooner released or otherwise discharged.
Execution shall issue upon the judgment upon request of the director in the same manner as execution may issue upon other judgments. Sales shall be held under the execution as prescribed in the Code of Civil Procedure. In all proceedings under this section, the director or his or her authorized agents may act on behalf of the state.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1010, Sec. 10.)