There are currently a few bills making their way through the Nevada Legislature specific to DETR and unemployment. General information about the 81st Session is available at https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021

Proposed bills (BDRs) can be found there and you can sign up to receive personalized tracking throughout the Session through NELIS on bills that are of interest to you. Make sure you read the bills you are interested in so you can provide your Legislators with particularized comments.

You can easily share your comments on any bill here: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/Opinions/81st2021

For example, the Legislature is trying to ram through a bill by DETR to protect DETR, Senate Bill 75 (“SB75”). SB75 must be amended or it should not pass. You can use the following points when contacting your Legislators:

• SB75 does not create a default of pay if DETR fails to act in a reasonable time.
• SB75 does not include the automatic forgiveness of innocent mistakes that federal law allows (no return of money if you were incorrectly paid, unless there was real and intentional fraud on DETR).
• SB75 does not provide for any of the federally required mandates of due process including timeliness for appeals, continued payment while an appeal is pending, and 60 days in which to file an appeal.
• SB75 does nothing to protect the State or individuals from fraudulent payment, such as mandating payment of questionable identity and/or IP address by printed check only redeemable in a Nevada Bank or check cashing facility, thereby making the bank the guarantor of all signatures instead of DETR.
• Tell your Legislators that if they do not fix DETR and stop bills like SB75 until it can be written correctly, you will vigorously campaign for their opponent in the next election.

Put your story on the record. Tell your Legislators how DETR’s actions have harmed you and your family. This issue is not a Republican versus Democrat partisan issue — this is an issue gravely affecting all Nevada citizens. DETR is 49th in the country in the administration of unemployment compensation. We need accountability built into the law.
Make sure your Legislators get your answers about:

• Why DETR does not exercise the option to grant forgiveness/waivers for innocent mistakes?
• Why DETR continues to make unconstitutional demands for repayment of funds not even received and/or without a proper hearing?
• Ask why DETR has not been required to adopt the federal regulations on due process noted in 20 CFR Part 625?
• Ask why DETR has not fixed any of the items that the Special Master reported as being deficient, back in July 2020?
• Ask for a claimant advocate section of DETR with law students or impartial/neutral people whose job is to help you, not DETR.
• Require DETR to provide a physical or post office address, so there is a place to file an appeal even when DETR cuts off the electronic appeal process on its portal or locks you out.

Look up your State Legislator here and tell them they work for you and so does DETR:
https://www.leg.state.nv.us/division/research/library/faq/whichlegislatorrepresents.html