Section 2830.215  Time and Manner for Claiming Benefits Due a Deceased or a Comatose Claimant

a)         Any individual specified in Section 2830.205 or 2830.206 of this Part who wishes to make application for any benefits due a deceased or comatose claimant must do so within nine months after the date of death or entry into the comatose state, as the case may be, or within nine months after the date when the payment is finally authorized, whichever is later.

1)         The application shall be made to the local unemployment office where the deceased or comatose claimant last filed his or her claim for benefits or serving the geographic area in which the claimant resides or resided.

2)         The application shall be made either in person or by certified mail and shall be supported by an affidavit setting forth the relationship to the deceased or comatose claimant, along with the names, addresses and relationship of all other living relatives in the order specified in Section 2830.205 or 2830.206 of this Part, and shall be accompanied by a certified copy of the death certificate for the deceased claimant or, in the case of a comatose claimant, the statement of a licensed and practicing physician indicating the date as of which the claimant became comatose.  The application forms shall be available at the local unemployment offices.

b)         Unless the application is received within the time limits specified in subsection (a), any benefits due the deceased claimant shall revert to and be returned to the State's unemployment trust fund.

(Source:  Amended at 32 Ill. Reg. 18972, effective December 1, 2008)