It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 28-44-12 of the General Laws in Chapter 28-44 entitled "Employment Security -- Benefits" is hereby amended to read as follows:

{ADD 28-44-12. Availability and registration for work. -- ADD} An individual shall not be eligible for benefits for any week of his {ADD or her ADD} partial or total unemployment unless during that week he {ADD or she ADD} is physically able to work and available for work. To prove availability for work, every individual partially or totally unemployed shall register for work and shall file claim for benefits at the employment office, within such time limits and with such frequency and in such manner, in person or in writing, {ADD or ADD} as the director may prescribe. Every individual filing claim for benefits shall report whenever duly called for work through the employment office, and shall make an active, independent search for suitable work. {ADD If an unemployed individual has been determined to be likely to exhaust regular benefits and to need reemployment services pursuant to a profiling system established by the director, the individual shall be eligible to receive benefits with respect to any week only if the individual participates in reemployment services, such as job search assistance services, unless the director determines that:

(a) the individual has completed such services; or

(b) there if justifiable cause for the individual's failure to participate in such services. ADD}

No individual shall be eligible for benefits for any week in which he {ADD or she ADD} fails, without good cause, to comply with the requirements as set forth hereinabove.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.