Or. Admin. Code § 101-015-0026 - Domestic Partnership
(1)
Certificate of Registered Domestic Partnership. When a Registered Domestic
Partnership exists and the eligible employee wants to enroll the domestic
partner or the domestic partner's eligible children in benefit plans, the
employee may electronically enroll or submit enrollment update forms to the
agency at the appropriate time as defined by PEBB enrollment rules.
(2) PEBB Affidavit of Domestic Partnership.
An eligible employee and an individual of the opposite or same sex without a
Certificate of Registered Domestic Partnership, who want enrollment in PEBB
plans as Domestic Partners must meet all of the following criteria:
(a) Are both at least 18 years of
age;
(b) Are responsible for each
other's welfare and are each other's sole domestic partners;
(c) Are not married to anyone;
(d) Share a close personal relationship and
are not related by blood closer than would bar marriage in the State of
Oregon;
(e) Currently share the
same regular permanent residence;
(f) Are jointly financially responsible for
basic living expenses defined as the cost of food, shelter, and any other
expenses of maintaining a household. Financial information must be provided if
requested, and;
(g) Eligible
employees must submit enrollment forms and a notarized affidavit to enroll
domestic partners and children. To enroll eligible dependent children of a
domestic partnership by affidavit in benefit plans, whether or not the
enrollment includes the domestic partner, the employee must submit an Affidavit
of Domestic Partnership.
(A) For enrollment,
the agency must receive the notarized affidavit within five business days
following close date of the enrollment period.
(B) Employees with qualified mid-year changes
may only enroll a domestic partner or partner's children by submitting the
correct enrollment forms and notarized affidavit within the allowable time for
the enrollment type. Agencies will not process a domestic partner or a
partner's children's enrollment until the enrollment documentation submission
is complete.
(3) An imputed value for the fair market
value of the domestic partner and domestic partner's dependent children's
insurance premium will be added to the eligible employee's taxable
wages.
(4) An eligible employee
ending a domestic partnership established under the PEBB Affidavit of Domestic
Partnership must complete and submit a Termination of Domestic Partnership form
and enrollment update forms to the agency within 30 days of the event.
Insurance coverage for the domestic partner and domestic partner's dependent
children ends the last day of the month in which eligibility is lost.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 243.061 to ORS 243.302
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 243.125(1)
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