The Moscow,
Idaho, city council approved a resolution to provide
insurance benefits to the domestic partners of city
employees.
The Moscow,
Idaho, city council approved a resolution to provide
insurance benefits to the domestic partners of city
employees. The 4–2 vote occurred during the
council's final meeting of the year, the Associated
Press reported Wednesday.
Regency Blue
Shield of Idaho, the city government's insurance company,
has offered a plan to cover health insurance to heterosexual
and same-sex domestic partners. According to the
article, employees who meet Regency Blue Shield's
requirements must also sign an affidavit to be eligible for
the benefits.
Moscow city
attorney Randy Fife told the Associated Press that the plan
doesn't violate the state's ban on same-sex marriage because
the city is adding an option to an insurance plan, not
creating domestic partnerships. (The Advocate)
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