Okla. Stat. tit. 40, § 40-2-504: Determinations of benefits

A. DETERMINATIONS OF BENEFITS. A determination upon a claim

for benefits shall be made promptly by a representative of the

Oklahoma Employment Security Commission. It shall include a

statement as to whether, and in what amount claimant is entitled to

benefits for the week with respect to which the determination is

made. In the event the claimant is determined to be ineligible for

or disqualified from benefits under Part 2 or Part 4 of this

Article, the determination shall state the reasons therefor. The

initial determination in a benefit year shall include a statement as

to whether the claimant has been paid the wages required under this

act, and if so, the beginning and ending dates of the benefit year,

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.