June 15, 2007
Partner Benefits Disputed in Kentucky
The Kentucky attorney general has issued an opinion saying new rules extending health insurance to the unmarried domestic partners of state-university employees violate the state's Constitution. But the opinion points out a way around the constitutional prohibition: Extend health benefits to others who live in an employee's household.
Attorney General Gregory D. Stumbo, a Democrat, was asked by state legislators to issue an opinion on the legality of the domestic-partner policies
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