Arizona Daily Star: State drops domestic-partner benefits
Arizona Daily Star: State drops domestic-partner benefits
Domestic partners are being eliminated from state employee benefits just a year after they were added to the benefits plan.
A bill signed by Gov. Jan Brewer redefined a “dependent,” canceling the rule change made by Gov. Janet Napolitano that allowed domestic partners to receive benefits.
Also eliminated are children of domestic partners, full-time students ages 23-24 and disabled adult dependents. The legislation is in legal review.
About 800 state employees are affected, according to the state’s administration department….
It costs the state $3 million to cover domestic partners and $625 million for other employees and their dependents….
Last year 170 [University of Arizona] employees signed up for domestic-partner benefits… Forty were same-sex couples and the remainder were unmarried, opposite-sex couples….
BLATANT! discrimination. If the reasoning is “to save money”, AZ could eliminate benefits for all its employees, or maybe just those with blue eyes!