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RESCISSIONS None EXPIRATION DATE March 31 2024 ADVISORY TO UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM LETTER NO. 12-23 STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES FROM BRENT PARTON Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary SUBJECT Procedures for the Completion and Publication of Unemployment Insurance Benefit Accuracy Measurement Data for Payment Integrity Information Act Reporting Year 2023. 1.Purpose. To provide State Workforce Agencies SWAs guidelines and key dates for the completion of the 2023 Unemployment Insurance UI Benefit Accuracy Measurement BAM paid and denied claims sample cases and the publication of 2023 BAM data. 2.Action Requested. The Employment and Training Administration ETA requests that SWA Administrators a.Provide copies of these guidelines to the appropriate staff b.Send any request for a waiver of BAM timeliness requirements to the appropriate ETA Regional Office by close of business COB October 06 2023 and c.Ensure that ETA and the appropriate ETA Regional Office are 1 Notified by November 24 2023 of any issues that require the reconciliation of differences between the SWA s and the ETA s BAM data and 2 Provided by January 12 2024 the name address telephone number and email address of the point of contact s for the SWA s BAM published data. 3.Summary and Background. a.Summary This Unemployment Insurance Program Letter UIPL provides guidelines and key dates for the completion of the 2023 representative sample cases of UI payments and denials and the publication of 2023 BAM data. ETA issues these annual guidelines as set out in Employment and Training ET Handbook No. 395 Rth Edition Office of Management and Budget OMB approval number 1205-0245 . The BAM program is designed to determine the accuracy of paid and denied claims in three major UI programs regular State UI Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees and Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers. SWAs select weekly random samples of paid and denied claims. Independent state BAM investigators audit these paidEMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION ADVISORY SYSTEM U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Washington D.C. 20210 CLASSIFICATION Unemployment Insurance C ORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL OUI DPM D ATE August 16 2023 2 and denied claims to determine whether the claimant was properly paid or properly denied benefits. b. Background Each year ETA publishes BAM program reporting year results BAM Annual Report on its website under Current Data located at https oui.doleta.gov unemploy bqc.asp . U. S. Department of Labor Department also publishes BAM data on its website https www.dol.gov agencies eta unemployment- insurance-payment-accuracy data each quarter. This quarterly data includes the most recent 12 months of data. Historically the BAM program reporting year release has included an analytical report or a detailed analysis of these results. As part of this process ETA announces the publication cycle with the issuance of a UIPL which provides dates for case completion verification of data contained in the national database and an explanation of data footnotes. The present UIPL continues this practice. Additionally this UIPL incorporates the annual financial reporting requirement found in the PIIA that Federal programs report an annual improper payment rate. The Payment Integrity Information Act PIIA repeals the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 as amended by the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012. 4. Guidelines and Key Dates. a. Completion of PIIA 2023 BAM Cases. The PIIA states that ETA is to provide information on improper payments in the UI program including the improper payment estimate in the Department s Annual Financial Report to OMB. To accomplish this mandate ETA establishes the PIIA reporting year for the BAM program which includes payment accuracy estimates for the period beginning in July and continuing through June of the following year BAM batch range YYYY27 through YYYY 1 26 . ETA has established standards that states complete a minimum 95 percent of sampled cases within 90 days of the week ending date of the batch and complete 98 percent of sampled cases within 120 days of the ending date of the above annual reporting period. This July-to- June reporting period provides the most recent BAM data available to meet the PIIA reporting schedule requirements for the fiscal year. For PIIA 2023 the reporting period is from July 1 2022 to June 30 2023. PIIA 2023 will include batch range 202227 through 202326. Therefore all published BAM data will be based on PIIA 2023 BAM paid and denied claims cases that the BAM supervisor has signed off by the date of record. The BAM supervisor must close and submit cases by the COB 120 days after the end of the reporting year or on COB October 30 2023 whichever is later. Changes to a SWA s database after the date of record can result in inconsistencies with the ETA database. A SWA must not close or reopen any PIIA 2023 BAM cases after October 30 2023 until the SWA has reviewed the BAM data transmitted to it by ETA and has confirmed that the data agrees with the BAM paid claims accuracy and denied claims accuracy data produced by the SWA s databases. 3 b. Transmittal of Data and Comment Period. No later than October 20 2023 ETA will electronically transmit a footnote lookup table for the PIIA 2023 BAM Paid Claims Annual Report Denied Claims Error Rates Report and Improper Denials Rates Report to each SWA s Unemployment Insurance Database Management System UIDBMS server. ETA will produce and transmit to each SWA by November 10 2023 paid and denied claims accuracy data for that SWA based on the PIIA 2023 BAM cases as of COB October 30 2023. SWAs are required to run the BAM Paid Claims Annual Report Denied Claims Error Rates Report and Improper Denials Rates Report software and to compare the results with the rates and report footnotes that were transmitted to them for comment. By November 24 2023 SWAs should report any discrepancies or submit questions concerning the BAM paid and denied claims data and footnotes to ETA. Please send comments electronically to UI-BAM dol.gov with a copy to the appropriate ETA Regional Office. Samples of these reports report definitions and report footnotes are available in Attachments I and II. ETA staff will address and reconcile issues raised by the SWAs by December 8 2023. Federal Publication of BAM Data. ETA will publish the PIIA 2023 BAM analytical report on the ETA website https oui.doleta.gov unemploy bqc.asp. If a SWA fails to follow the BAM methodology for sample selection and completion requirements ETA may not publish a state s data or portion thereof if the state failed to follow the BAM methodology as outlined in ET Handbook 395 5th Edition for example methodologies regarding minimum sample sizes population variances case completion percentages and quality of the BAM audits . c. Key Dates. The following key dates are the latest dates for completing the task or action 7 01 2023 This date represents the end of the PIIA reporting year and includes batches 202227 through 202326. By this date SWAs must have selected the minimum number of valid cases to meet annual sample allocation requirements i.e. 480 or 360 paid claim cases and 150 of each of the three types of denied claims . SWAs must complete at least 98 percent of the valid cases sampled in PIIA 2023 by October 30 2023. 10 06 2023 SWAs submit requests for waivers of BAM paid and denied claims timeliness requirements along with supporting documentation to the appropriate ETA Regional Office. Generally waivers are granted only for catastrophic events i.e. occurrence by natural causes that could not have been prevented by the exercise of foresight or caution . 4 10 20 2023 ETA electronically transmits the footnote lookup table for the BAM paid and denied claims software to each SWA s UIDBMS server. 10 30 2023 Each SWA checks its UI database to ensure 1 the BAM supervisor has signed off on all BAM paid and denied claims cases that investigators have completed and 2 reopened cases have been updated and data errors corrected by this date. Cases closed by supervisors after COB on October 30 2023 will not be included in the Paid Claims Accuracy PIIA Report or the Denied Claim Accuracy Error Rates and Improper Denials Rates Reports. SWAs must not reopen any PIIA 2023 cases after October 30 2023 until they have reviewed the BAM data transmitted by ETA and verified the data against their SWA database or reconciled any differences with ETA. 11 03 2023 Regional offices respond to SWAs on the disposition of SWA requests for waivers of BAM timeliness requirements. 11 10 2023 ETA transmits the PIIA 2023 BAM data to the SWAs BAM supervisors. 11 24 2023 SWAs review BAM paid and denied claims accuracy data and footnotes and report any discrepancies or submit questions about the BAM data or footnotes electronically to UI-BAM dol.gov with a copy to the appropriate ETA Regional Office. 12 08 2023 ETA staff members address issues raised by the SWAs and reconcile any differences between SWA and ETA BAM data. 1 12 2024 SWAs provide the name address telephone number and email address of the contact person s for public inquiries about BAM paid and denied claims data. SWAs should send this information electronically to UI-BAM dol.gov with a copy to the appropriate ETA Regional Office. 5. Inquiries. Please direct inquiries to the appropriate ETA regional office. 6. References. Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 PIIA Pub. L. 116-117 31 U.S.C. 3515 Financial statements of agencies 20 C.F.R. Part 602 Quality Control in the Federal-State Unemployment Insurance System UIPL No. 09-13 Change 1 Integrity Performance Measure for Unemployment issued on January 27 2015https www.dol.gov agencies eta advisories unemployment- insurance-program-letter-no-09-13-change-1 UIPL No. 17-22 Additional Planning Guidance for the Fiscal Year FY 2023 Unemployment Insurance UI State Quality Service Plan SQSP issued on July 22 2022 https www.dol.gov agencies eta advisories unemployment-insurance-program- 5 letter-no-17-22 UIPL No. 18-21 Procedures for the Completion and Publication of Unemployment Insurance UI Benefit Accuracy Measurement BAM Data for Payment Integrity Information Act PIIA Reporting Year 2021 issued on May 3 2021 https www.dol.gov agencies eta advisories unemployment-insurance-program-letter-no- 18-21 Employment and Training ET Handbook No. 395 5th Edition Benefit Accuracy Measurement State Operations Handbook November 2009 https www.dol.gov sites dolgov files ETA handbooks 2009 ETHandbook 395 Ch5 ac c.pdf and Office of Management and Budget OMB Circular No. A-123 Appendix C Requirements for Payment Integrity Improvement March 5 2021 . 7. Attachments. Attachment I Benefit Accuracy Measurement BAM Paid Claims Accuracy Annual Report Report Definitions and Report Footnotes Sample Attachment II Benefit Accuracy Measurement BAM Denied Claims Accuracy Error Rates Report and Improper Denials Rates Report Report Definitions and Report Footnotes Sample Attachment I I-1 Benefit Accuracy Measurement BAM Paid Claims Accuracy Annual Report Report Definitions and Report Footnotes BENEFIT ACCURACY MEASUREMENT PAID CLAIMS ACCURACY ANNUAL REPORT Sample STATE ZZ Batch Range 202227 - 202326 Total Dollars Paid in Population 221 830 728 Sample Size 383 Percentage Of Dollars 95 Confidence Interval - Proper Payments 88.1 3.5 Overpayments 11.6 3.5 Total 100.0 Underpayments 0.3 0.2 Percentages apply to less than a complete year of UI payments the State did not pull a sample for 3 week s . The State completed 83.7 of the cases within 90 days. The Quality Control QC program standard is 95 completed within 90 days. 15.9 of the sample cases were not completed when this report was prepared. This exceeded the QC program requirement that no more than 2 of the cases for the year remain incomplete. I-2 BENEFIT ACCURACY MEASUREMENT PAID CLAIMS ACCURACY ANNUAL REPORT Supplemental Data Sample STATE ZZ Batch Range 202227 - 202326 Responsibility for Overpayments Percent of Dollars Overpaid Claimant Only 51.6 Agency Only 15.6 Claimant Agency 10.6 Claimant Employer 10.5 Employer Only 8.6 Claimant Employer Agency 2.1 Claimant Other 1.7 Employer Agency 1.0 Other Only 0.0 Employer Other 0.0 Agency Other 0.0 Claimant Employer Other 0.0 Claimant Agency Other 0.0 Employer Agency Other 0.0 Claimant Employer Agency Other 0.0 Responsibility Not Specified 0.0 I-3 Cause for Overpayments Percent of Dollars Overpaid Benefit Year Earnings Issues 39.1 Eligibility Issues Excluding Work Search 25.7 Separation Issues 20.5 Base Period Wage Issues 7.4 Other Issues 5.9 Work Search Issues 2.9 N O T E The percentages for the responsibilities or cause do not sum to 100 percent. You should check field h5 to verify that all cases have been coded correctly within your specified batch range. If cause and responsibility percentages do not add up to 100 percent states should check for cases in which the key week amount overpaid coded in data element h5 in the b master table of the UI database does not equal the sum of dollars overpaid coded in data element ei1 for key week actions 10 11 12 13 and 15 in the b errisu table. The amount overpaid cannot exceed the amount paid coded in data element f13 in the b master table. I-4 BAM Annual Report Definitions Total Dollars Paid in Population Total UI benefits paid to the population of UI claimants who constitute the sampling frames for all weeks in PIIA 2023 from which the State pulled a BAM sample adjusted to exclude UI payments that do not meet the definition of the BAM population for example supplemental payments or payments made for Emergency Unemployment Compensation EUC claims . These excluded cases are coded 8 EUC or 9 all other excluded records in the program code data element c1 in the b master table of the UI database. Sample Size Total number of UI payments selected during PIIA 2023 BAM batches 202227 through 202326 and completed supervisor sign-off by COB October 30 2023 excluding cases that do not meet the BAM population definition. This is the number of BAM sample cases from which the payment accuracy rates and confidence intervals are estimated. Proper Payments The weighted ratio estimate of total dollars properly paid to total dollars paid expressed as a percentage. Overpayments The weighted ratio estimate of total dollars overpaid to total dollars paid expressed as a percentage. Underpayments The weighted ratio estimate of total dollars underpaid to total dollars paid expressed as a percentage. Weighting Procedures UI benefits properly paid overpaid and underpaid for each batch with at least two completed paid claims cases are weighted by the batch population adjusted to exclude cases that do not meet the BAM definition program code 8 or 9 . The accuracy rates are the ratios of these weighted benefits summed for all batches. Batches with only one completed case are merged to ensure that each batch has a minimum of two completed cases. 95 Percent Confidence Interval A confidence interval expressed as - x percentage points is constructed for each of the three estimated rates. The actual rate is expected to lie within 95 percent of the intervals constructed from repeated samples of the same size and selected in the same manner as the BAM sample. I-5 BAM Paid Claims Accuracy Footnotes Footnote 1 Claimants failing to conduct required work search were given formal warnings and no overpayment was established. The proper payment rate would be lower and the overpayment rate would be higher if these cases were counted as erroneous payments. Condition Any PIIA 2023 BAM case with key week action code 14 in field ei2 of the b errisu table of the UI database. Footnote 2 Percentages apply to less than a complete year of UI payments due to the State not pulling a sample for x weeks. Condition There is no record in the b comparison table of the UI database for one or more BAM batches 202227 through 202326. Note If the State requested and received permission from ETA to suspend BAM sampling temporarily due to a catastrophic event or another approved reason the footnote will reflect that ETA concurred with the suspension. Footnote 3 The State selected samples that were below the minimum prescribed levels for x weeks. Condition State selected one or more BAM weekly samples below the minimum level prescribed in Benefit Accuracy Measurement State Operations Handbook ET Handbook No. 395 5th Edition chapter VI p. 11. Sampled cases that fail to meet the BAM population definition are counted toward meeting the minimum weekly sample. The minimum weekly and quarterly samples based on current annual sample allocations are Sample Annual Allocation Normal Weekly Minimum Weekly Normal Quarterly Minimum Quarterly Paid Claims 360 7 5 90 81 Paid Claims 480 9 6 120 108 Denials 150 450 3 2 37-38 32 Allocation for the ten smallest states in terms of UI workload. 150 cases each of monetary separation and non-separation denials will be selected each year for a total of 450 Denied Claims Accuracy cases. Note If a state requested and received permission from ETA to reduce BAM sample sizes temporarily due to workload contingencies the footnote will reflect that ETA concurred with the reduction. I-6 Footnote 4 Percentages based on data collection procedures that were not completely in accordance with the program methodology prescribed in ET Handbook No. 395 5th Edition. Condition ETA staff continuously monitors state performance with respect to the BAM administrative requirements established in ET Handbook 395 5th Edition for example minimum sample sizes population variances case completion percentages and timeliness and quality of the BAM audits . According to UIPL No. 17-22 p. 16 states must address BAM program performance deficiencies in a Corrective Action Plan as a part of the State Quality Service Plan. Footnote 5 The state completed x percent of the cases within 90 days. The program standard is 95 percent completed within 90 days. Condition State failed to meet case completion objectives established in ET Handbook No. 395 5th Edition Benefit Accuracy Measurement State Operations Handbook chapter VI p. 11. Cases not meeting the BAM population definition are not counted in calculating state time lapse rates. Footnote 6 X percent of the sample cases were not completed when this report was prepared. This exceeded the program requirement that no more than two 2 percent of the cases for the year remain incomplete. Condition The percentage is based on the number of BAM cases that were not completed no supervisor sign-off by COB October 30 2023 divided by the number of valid cases selected for BAM weekly samples during PIIA 2023 BAM batches 202227 through 202326 . Cases that do not meet the BAM population definition are not counted in calculating state case completion rates. Footnote 7 The annual sample for state is x cases below the allocated annual sample for the state. The precision of the data might be reduced due to the failure to sample at the prescribed level. Condition The state s annual sample selection is below its allocated annual sample. Cases that do not meet the BAM population definition are not counted toward meeting the annual sample allocation. Note If a state requested and received permission from ETA to reduce BAM sample sizes temporarily due to workload contingencies the footnote will reflect that ETA concurred with the reduction. I-7 Footnote 8 The population from which the BAM sample was selected did not include all of the UI benefits paid. This limits the degree to which inferences about the population can be made from BAM data. Condition The dollars paid in the BAM population for PIIA 2023 vary from the dollars paid reported in the state s ETA 5159 Claims and Payment Activities reports by more than the statistical control limit. ATTACHMENT II Benefit Accuracy Measurement BAM Denied Claims Accuracy Error Rates Report and Improper Denials Rates Report Report Definitions and Report Footnotes II-1 BENEFIT ACCURACY MEASUREMENT BAM DENIED CLAIMS ACCURACY DCA ERROR RATES REPORT State ZZ Report Date 11 20 2022 Batch Range 202227 202326 Denial Type Population Cases Completed Monetary 97 029 143 Separation 77 374 140 Nonseparation 24 229 134 Denial Type Total Errors Improper Denial Adjusted Improper Denial Overpayment Proper Denial Monetary 16.52 14.85 8.05 0.00 1.67 Separation 28.59 16.12 15.87 0.00 12.47 Nonseparation 40.74 14.02 14.02 0.00 26.71 Excludes cases not meeting DCA definition for inclusion in population withdrawn claims and claims for which monetary eligibility was established upon receipt of combined wage claim CWC unemployment compensation for federal employees UCFE and or unemployment compensation for ex-servicemembers UCX wage credits. Adjusted rate excludes erroneous denials that were corrected by agency or reversed on appeal prior to DCA case completion. Properly denied but for wrong reason or section of the law. The state completed 76.35 percent of the Monetary denials sample cases within 90 days. The program standard is 85 percent completed within 90 days. The state completed 78.43 percent of the Separation denials sample cases within 90 days. The program standard is 85 percent completed within 90 days. The state completed 79.87 percent of the Nonseparation denials sample cases within 90 days. The program standard is 85 percent completed within 90 days. Estimated rates apply to less than the total population of Monetary denials due to the state not pulling a sample for 1 week s . Estimated rates apply to less than the total population of Separation denials due to the state not pulling a sample for 1 week s . Estimated rates apply to less than the total population of Nonseparation denials due to the state not pulling a sample for 1 week s . II-2 BENEFIT ACCURACY MEASUREMENT DENIED CLAIMS ACCURACY IMPROPER DENIALS RATES REPORT State ZZ Report Date 11 20 2022 Batch Range 202227 202326 Denial Type Population Cases Completed Monetary 97 029 143 Separation 77 374 140 Nonseparation 24 229 134 Denial Type Improper Denial 95 C.I - Adjusted Improper Denial 95 C.I - Monetary 14.85 5.77 8.05 4.51 Separation 16.12 6.45 15.87 6.43 Nonseparation 14.02 6.13 14.02 6.13 Excludes cases not meeting DCA definition for inclusion in population withdrawn claims and claims for which monetary eligibility was established upon receipt of CWC UCFE and or UCX wage credits. Adjusted rate excludes erroneous denials that were corrected by agency or reversed on appeal prior to DCA case completion. Note 95 C.I. is the 95 percent confidence interval for the estimated rate. The interval is the range between the rate minus the value in the 95 C.I. column and the rate plus the value in the 95 C.I. column. For example the interval for 10.0 - 2.5 is 7.5 to 12.5 . The true rate is expected to lie within 95 percent of the intervals constructed from repeated samples of the same size and selected in the same manner as the BAM DCA sample. The state completed 76.35 percent of the Monetary denials sample cases within 90 days. The program standard is 85 percent completed within 90 days. The state completed 78.43 percent of the Separation denials sample cases within 90 days. The program standard is 85 percent completed within 90 days. The state completed 79.87 percent of the Nonseparation denials sample cases within 90 days. The program standard is 85 percent completed within 90 days. Estimated rates apply to less than the total population of Monetary denials due to the state not pulling a sample for 1 week s . Estimated rates apply to less than the total population of Separation denials due to the state not pulling a sample for 1 week s . Estimated rates apply to less than the total population of Nonseparation denials due to the state not pulling a sample for 1 week s . II-3 BAM Denied Claims Accuracy Rates Report Definitions Population The number of denial determinations that constitute the sampling frames for all weeks in PIIA 2023 for which the state pulled a BAM DCA sample adjusted to exclude agency actions that do not meet the definition of the BAM DCA population for example monetary redeterminations nonmonetary determinations that are not reportable on the ETA 207 and 9052 reports and denied emergency unemployment compensation EUC claims . These excluded cases are coded 8 EUC or 9 all other excluded records in the Program code data element in the b dca master table of the UI database. The software also adjusts the DCA populations to exclude two types of cases for which there is no denial issue to investigate 1 cases in which monetary eligibility was established upon receipt of Combined Wage Claims Alternative Base Period Claims Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees and or Unemployment Compensation for Ex-service members wage credits within the two-week sampling lag Action Code Flag 0 and 2 claims withdrawn by the claimant Action Code Flag 8 . Sample Size Total DCA cases selected during PIIA 2023 BAM batches 202227 through 202326 and completed supervisor sign-off by COB October 30 2023 excluding cases that do not meet the BAM DCA population definition. This is the number of BAM DCA sample cases from which the accuracy rates are estimated. Improper Denial Rate The weighted proportion of denied claims for which the DCA investigation concluded that the claimant should have been eligible for UI benefits or was underpaid UI benefits Error Issue Action Code 20 21 22 or 23 expressed as a percentage. Adjusted Improper Denial Rate Improper Denial Rate excluding cases in which erroneous denials were corrected by the agency Prior Agency Action 20 to 29 or eligibility was established through appeal Results of Appeal of Initial Determination 1 or 3 prior to DCA case completion. Overpayment Rate The weighted proportion of denied claims for which the DCA investigation concluded that the claimant should have been ineligible for UI or should have received a lower benefit amount for weeks that had been paid Error Issue Action Code 10 11 12 13 14 15 or 16 expressed as a percentage. II-4 Proper Denial Rate The weighted proportion of denied claims for which the DCA investigation concluded that the claimant was properly denied but for the wrong or different reason section of the law Error Issue Action Code 30 expressed as a percentage. Weighting Procedures Accuracy rates are computed separately for each batch with at least two completed DCA cases and weighted by the batch population adjusted to exclude cases that do not meet the BAM DCA definition Program code 8 or 9 or cases with Action Codes 0 monetary eligibility established upon receipt of CWC UCFE and or UCX wage credits or 8 withdrawn claims . The accuracy rate equals the sum of the products of the batch rates and weights. Batches with only one completed case are merged to ensure that each batch has a minimum of two completed cases. 95 Percent Confidence Interval A confidence interval expressed as - x percentage points is constructed for each of the estimated accuracy rates. The actual rate is expected to lie within 95 percent of the intervals constructed from repeated samples of the same size and selected in the same manner as the BAM sample. II-5 BAM Denied Claims Accuracy Footnotes Footnote 1 Estimated rates apply to less than the total population of sample type denials due to the state not pulling a sample for x weeks. Condition There is no record in the b dca comparison table of the UI database for one or more batches specified in the batch range for sample type y where b dca comparison samptype 2 monetary 3 separation or 4 nonseparation . Footnote 2 Estimated rates for sample type denials are based on data collection procedures that were not completely in accordance with the program methodology prescribed in ET Handbook No. 395 5th edition. Condition Based on program monitoring conducted by ETA s national and regional offices this footnote will be generated from a footnote look-up table for each sample type 2 monetary 3 separation or 4 nonseparation . Footnote 3 The state completed x percent of the sample type denials sample cases within 90 days. The program standard is 85 percent completed within 90 days. Condition The percentage for sample type y where b dca master.samptype 2 monetary 3 separation or 4 nonseparation will be calculated using the same method used in the BAM DCA Case Completion and Time Lapse report. Cases not meeting the BAM DCA population definition b dca master.program 8 or 9 or withdrawn claims b dca master.actflag 8 are not counted in calculating state time lapse rates. Footnote 4 x percent of the sample type denials sample cases were not completed when this report was prepared. This exceeds the program requirement that no more than 2 percent of the cases for the year are incomplete 120 days after the end of the PIIA reporting year. Condition The percentage is based on the number of BAM DCA cases that were not completed b dca master.supcomp is NULL by COB October 30 YYYY 1 divided by the number of valid cases selected for BAM DCA weekly samples during PIIA YYYY BAM batches YYYY27 through YYYY 1 26 . Cases that do not meet the BAM DCA population definition b dca master.program 8 or 9 or withdrawn claims b dca master.actflag 8 are not counted in calculating state case completion rates. A percentage will be calculated for each sample type y where b dca master.samptype 2 monetary 3 separation or 4 nonseparation . II-6 This footnote will be generated only if the user specifies an annual report when the user specifies the batch range YYYY27 through YYYY 1 26 . Footnote 5 The annual sample of sample type denials is x cases below the allocated annual sample of 150 BAM DCA cases per year. The precision of the data might be reduced due to the failure to sample at the prescribed level. Condition The state s annual sample selection is 8 or more cases below its allocated annual sample of 150 cases. Cases that do not meet the BAM population definition b dca master.program 8 or 9 are not counted toward meeting the annual sample allocation. This footnote will be generated from a footnote look-up table for each sample type 2 monetary 3 separation or 4 nonseparation . This footnote will be generated only if the user specifies an annual report when the user specifies the batch range YYYY27 through YYYY 1 26 . Footnote 6 The sampling frames from which the sample type denials samples were selected may not include all of the determinations that meet the definition for inclusion in the DCA population or may include records that do not meet the DCA population definition. This limits the degree to which inferences about the population can be made from BAM DCA data. Condition The size of the DCA population for PIIA 2022 varies by more than the statistical control limit from the benchmark population. The benchmark populations are Monetary Percent of determinations denied in ETA 218 report times number of new initial claims intrastate and interstate liable plus transitional claims in ETA 5159 report. Separation Percent of determinations denied in ETA 207 report times number of separations in ETA 9052 report. Nonseparation Percent of determinations denied in ETA 207 report times number of nonseparations in ETA 9052 report. This footnote will be generated from a footnote look-up table for each sample type 2 monetary 3 separation or 4 nonseparation . This footnote will be generated only if the user specifies an annual report when the user specifies the batch range YYYY27 through YYYY 1 26 .