2019 Code of Alabama
Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.
Chapter 11 - Directory of New Hires
Section 25-11-8 - Compliance with Federal Unemployment Tax Act.
(a) Pursuant to Section 3304(a)(16), Federal Unemployment Tax Act, in order for the state to be certified for tax credit, the custodian of records is specifically authorized to do the following, notwithstanding any law to the contrary:
(1) Provide wage and unemployment compensation information to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in accordance with regulations promulgated by the secretary, as necessary for the purposes of the National Directory of New Hires.
(2) Provide wage information and welfare assistance information, as provided through a state program funded under Part A of Title IV, Social Security Act, or the Food Stamp Act of 1977, to the state or any of its political subdivisions upon request and for the purpose of determining an individual's eligibility for welfare assistance. The information to be provided shall be that which the Secretary of Health and Human Services has determined in regulations as necessary for the purpose of determining eligibility.
(3) Establish safeguards, as are necessary, as determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services in regulations, to ensure that information furnished under this section is used only for the purposes authorized under this section.
(b) The custodian of records shall supply only wage and unemployment compensation information that is already contained in its records and the records of the department's Unemployment Compensation Division.
(Acts 1997, No. 97-228, p. 373, §8.)
