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Oklahoma Statutes - Title 40. Labor Page 80 the weekly benefit amount, and the maximum total amount of benefits payable to him or her with respect to such benefit year. B. The Commission shall do the following to verify the eligibility of an initial claim for benefits before paying benefits to that claim: 1. Require the claimant to submit proof of identity prior to his or her claim by using an identity verification source or service offered by the Commission to verify the identity of all claimants; and 2. To prevent and detect fraudulent activity, eligibility of claims will be verified using a diverse set of data deemed beneficial by the Commission, including but not limited to IP addresses and various other demographic data. C. The Commission shall investigate any information that may indicate claimant ineligibility prior to paying benefits for the week in which the information was identified and any subsequent week. The Commission may cross-check all claims against any data sets deemed beneficial by the Commission in order to verify eligibility for benefits, including but not limited to: 1. The National Association of State Workforce Agencies' Integrity Data Hub; 2. The United States Department of Health and Human Services National Directory of New Hires; 3. The state directory of new hires; 4. Any inmate database maintained by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections; 5. The Social Security Administration's Prisoner Update Processing System; 6. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Vital Statistics System's Death Record Database; 7. Death records maintained by the Oklahoma Department of Health; and 8. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database. Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 2-504, eff. July 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 2024, c. 309, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2024.

§40-2-505. Determinations in labor dispute cases. DETERMINATIONS IN LABOR DISPUTE CASES. Whenever any claim involves the application of the provisions of Section 2-410, the representative of the Commission first considering the claim shall, if so directed by the Commission, promptly transmit such claim and all filed objections thereto to an appeal tribunal which shall make a determination upon the issues involved under that section. Such appeal tribunal shall make the determination thereon after affording the claimant and each employer who filed an objection an opportunity for a hearing in accordance with the provisions of this section with