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 |
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.