Bill Text: MN HF1438 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Health insurance benefits required to be made available to domestic partners of state employees if they are also made available to spouses.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 35)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-11 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Government Operations and Elections [HF1438 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-HF1438-Introduced.html
1.2relating to state employees; requiring that health insurance benefits be made
1.3available to domestic partners of state employees if they are also made available
1.4to spouses;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 43A.02, by adding a
1.5subdivision; 43A.24, subdivision 1.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 43A.02, is amended by adding a
1.8subdivision to read:
1.9 Subd. 18a. Domestic partner. "Domestic partner" means a person who has entered
1.10into a committed interdependent relationship with another adult of the same sex, where
1.11the partners:
1.12(1) are responsible for each other's basic common welfare;
1.13(2) share a common residence and intend to do so indefinitely;
1.14(3) are not related by blood or adoption to an extent that would prohibit marriage in
1.15this state; and
1.16(4) are legally competent and qualified to enter into a contract.
1.17For purposes of this subdivision, domestic partners may share a common residence,
1.18even if they do not each have a legal right to possess the residence or one or both domestic
1.19partners possess additional real property.
1.20If one domestic partner temporarily leaves the common residence with the intention
1.21to return, the domestic partners continue to share a common residence for the purposes
1.22of this subdivision.
1.23 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 43A.24, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.1 Subdivision 1. General. Employees, including persons on layoff from a civil
2.2service position, and employees who are employed less than full time, shall be eligible
2.3for state paid life insurance and hospital, medical and dental benefits as provided in
2.4collective bargaining agreements or plans established pursuant to section43A.18 . If a
2.5collective bargaining agreement or plan provides state paid health insurance for spouses of
2.6employees, the insurance must be made available to domestic partners of state employees
2.7on the same terms and conditions.
1.3available to domestic partners of state employees if they are also made available
1.4to spouses;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 43A.02, by adding a
1.5subdivision; 43A.24, subdivision 1.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 43A.02, is amended by adding a
1.8subdivision to read:
1.9 Subd. 18a. Domestic partner. "Domestic partner" means a person who has entered
1.10into a committed interdependent relationship with another adult of the same sex, where
1.11the partners:
1.12(1) are responsible for each other's basic common welfare;
1.13(2) share a common residence and intend to do so indefinitely;
1.14(3) are not related by blood or adoption to an extent that would prohibit marriage in
1.15this state; and
1.16(4) are legally competent and qualified to enter into a contract.
1.17For purposes of this subdivision, domestic partners may share a common residence,
1.18even if they do not each have a legal right to possess the residence or one or both domestic
1.19partners possess additional real property.
1.20If one domestic partner temporarily leaves the common residence with the intention
1.21to return, the domestic partners continue to share a common residence for the purposes
1.22of this subdivision.
1.23 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 43A.24, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.1 Subdivision 1. General. Employees, including persons on layoff from a civil
2.2service position, and employees who are employed less than full time, shall be eligible
2.3for state paid life insurance and hospital, medical and dental benefits as provided in
2.4collective bargaining agreements or plans established pursuant to section
2.5collective bargaining agreement or plan provides state paid health insurance for spouses of
2.6employees, the insurance must be made available to domestic partners of state employees
2.7on the same terms and conditions.
