For the purposes of this part:
(a) State unemployment compensation agency means the agency charged
with the administration of the unemployment compensation law approved by
the Secretary of Labor under section 3304 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1954 (26 U.S.C. 3304).
(b) Wage information means information about wages as defined in the
State's unemployment compensation law and includes the Social Security
Number (or numbers, if more than one) and quarterly wages of an
employee, and the name, address, State, and (when known) Federal
employer identification number of an employer reporting wages under a
State unemployment compensation law, except that in a State in which
wages are not required
to be reported under the unemployment compensation law, ``wage
information'' means:
(1) That wage information which is reported under provisions of
State law which fulfill the requirements of section 1137 of the Social
Security Act; or
(2) That information which is obtained through an alternative system
which fulfills the requirements of section 1137 of the Social Security
Act.
(c) Claim information means information regarding:
(1) Whether an individual is receiving, has received or has applied
for unemployment compensation;
(2) The amount of compensation the individual is receiving or is
entitled to receive;
(3) The individual's current (or most recent) home address; and
(4) Whether the individual has refused an offer of work and, if so,
a description of the job offered including the terms, conditions, and
rate of pay.
(5) Any other information contained in the records of the State
unemployment compensation agency which is needed by the requesting
agency to verify eligiblity for, and the amount of, benefits.
(d) Requesting agency means:
(1) Any State or local agency charged with the responsibility of
enforcing the provisions of the Aid to Families with Dependent Children
program under a State plan approved under part A of title IV of the
Social Security Act;
(2) Any State or local agency charged with the responsibility of
enforcing the provisions of the Medicaid program under a State plan
approved under title XIX of the Social Security Act;
(3) Any State or local agency charged with the responsibility of
enforcing the provisions of the Food Stamp program under the Food Stamp
Act of 1977;
(4) Any State or local agency charged with the responsibility of
enforcing a program under a plan approved under title I, X, XIV, or XVI
of the Social Security Act;
(5) Any State or local child support enforcement agency charged with
the responsibility of enforcing child support obligations under a plan
approved under part D of title IV of the Social Security Act; and
(6) The Secretary of Health and Human Services in establishing or
verifying eligibility or benefit amounts under titles II and XVI of the
Social Security Act (section 1137(a)).
