Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Human Resource Management
 
Board
Department of Human Resource Management
 
chapter
Commonwealth of Virginia Health Benefits Program [1 VAC 55 ‑ 20]
Action This action will amend section 1VAC 55 320(E) to include adults, other than spouses and incapacitated adult children, as participants in the Health Benefits Plan for State Employees
Stage NOIRA
Comment Period Ended on 12/23/2009
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12/10/09  12:08 pm
Commenter: Cora Schenberg, Ph.D.; U.Va. German Department

Kudos to Governor Kaine
 

I gratefully applaud Gov. Kaine's efforts to get insurance coverage to unmarried partners, children, and elderly dependents of State employees. It is unthinkable -- and embarassing -- that such coverage would not be granted in this day and age. The Bible commands us to "do unto others" what we would have others do unto us. I am a wife and mother, in a heterosexual marriage. However, it's not hard to understand that my gay brothers and sisters with families want and deserve the same benefits which my family and I receive.

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