Interstate Reciprocal Overpayment Recovery Arrangement (IRORA) and Its Implementation
Explore the Interstate Reciprocal Overpayment Recovery Arrangement (IRORA), an agreement among participating states for the recovery of benefit overpayments through offsetting. Learn about the membership details, duties of requesting and recovering states, and the history of out-of-state overpayment recovery. Dive into the process and procedures involved in collecting overpayments and see the amounts collected by Florida over the years.
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INTERSTATE RECIPROCAL OVERPAYMENT RECOVERY ARRANGEMENT An agreement where participating states shall act as Agents for each other in a reciprocal arrangement for recovery of overpayments of benefits. These overpayments are recovered by means of offsetting. Current benefits are retained and applied when claimed toward the outstanding balance of the overpayment. Florida became a member of IRORA in February 2007.
IRORAS MEMBERSHIP Alabama Alaska Arizona Colorado District of Columbia Florida Idaho Indiana Iowa Kansas Maryland Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Virgin Islands
DUTIES OF THE REQUESTING STATE The requesting state must send the recovering state a written request for overpayment recovery assistance which includes: Certification that the overpayment is legally collectable under the requesting state s law. Certification that the determination is final and that any rights to postponement of recoupment have been exhausted or expired. A statement as to whether the State is a member of IRORA. Copy of the initial overpayment determination and a statement of the outstanding balance. The requesting state must send the recovering state a new outstanding overpayment balance whenever their state receives a payment from a source other than the recovering State. The requesting state must also send notification to the claimant that they are requesting assistance from the other state in the recovery of the overpayment.
DUTIES OF THE RECOVERING STATE The recovering state shall issue the overpayment recovery determination which includes: The date of the original overpayment determination. The name of the state requesting recoupment. Type of overpayment (fraud or non-fraud). Program type of overpayment. The state must also provide the claimant the right to request redetermination and appeal of the determination to recover the overpayment by offset. The request must include: Date of the original overpayment. Total amount to be offset. Weekly offset amount.
OUT OF STATE OVERPAYMENT OVERPAYMENT RECOVERY HISTORY Sea Turtle 2222 Coral Reef Lane Destin, FL 32755 01/01/1981 (850) 000-0000
UCO-8B UCO-8B 02/12/10 000-00-0000 Sea Turtle 2222 Coral Reef Lane Destin, FL 32755Sea
IRORA DOLLARS COLLECTED BY FLORIDA $70,000 $59,092 $60,000 $48,081 $50,000 $40,000 $30,000 $20,000 $14,114 $10,000 $0 2008 2009 2010
IRORA DOLLARS COLLECTED FOR FLORIDA $120,000 $98,704 $100,000 $80,000 $60,000 $40,964 $40,000 $20,000 $ not captured till 2009 $0 $0 2008 2009 2010
INTERSTATE ARRANGEMENT FOR COMBINING EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES This agreement is separate from IRORA. If an overpayment results from a combined wage claim it is mandatory that all states collect (offset) on behalf of the other state regardless of IRORA membership.
RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PAYING STATE A paying state must honor any transferring state s overpayment recovery request, unless its law prohibits such recovery. The transferring state must certify the following: The overpayment determination was issued not more than three years prior to the effective date of the combined-wage claim. The overpayment determination is final. Repayment of the overpayment is legally required and enforceable under the law of the transferring state. If there are two transferring states requesting recovery of an overpayment, the amount recovered shall be divided in proportion to the wages each State contributed to the monetary determination.
RECOV ERY OF OVERPAYMENT RESULTING FROM THE CANCELLATION OF A COMBINED-WAGE CLAIM If any benefits have been paid on a combined-wage claim, a condition for withdrawal is the claimant s agreement to reimburse the paying state. Florida requires the claimant to signed a copy of the UCB-71. Once this is received the Florida claim is cancelled and the overpayment is established. When the appeal rights have expired Florida sends a request to the paying state for their assistance with the recovery of the overpayment. Overpayments resulting from the cancellation of a prior combined wage claim takes priority over any other type of overpayment.
UCB-71 Sea Turtle 2222 Coral Reef Lane Destin, FL 32755 Soc. Sec. No. 000-00-0000 Effective Date 03/03/10 Cost Center 3565-0 Transferring State TEXAS
RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PAYING STATE The paying state must offset an outstanding overpayment in a transferring State prior to honoring a request from any other state under any interstate or cross program agreement. The paying state should recover overpayments in the following order: Overpayment of benefits resulting from the cancellation of a combined wage claim. Overpayment of benefits, State or Federal, under the paying State s law. Overpayment of benefits under a transferring State s law. Overpayment of benefits paid by another State. 1. 2. 3. 4.
IMPROVING THE PROCESS National data base where states can query their overpayments against claims filed in other states Current up dated list/contact information of all states that are participants of IRORA Keeping contact information in the Handbook for Interstate Overpayment Recovery current Joint UI Interstate Benefit and Federal Programs Training and UI Integrity Conferences
Robin Nichols UC Executive II Florida Benefit Payment Control (850) 921-3355 Robin.Nichols@flaawi.com
