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File #: 211680    Version: 1
Type: Order Status: Approved
File created: 4/7/2021 In control: City Council
On agenda: 4/8/2021 Final action: 5/13/2021
Enactment date: 4/8/2021 Enactment #: 211680
Title: That the City Solicitor prepare a Home Rule Petition to recognize any member of a domestic partnership as a "dependent" for Group Insurance Commission coverage, and as a "spouse" with respect to other applicable laws.
Sponsors: Lance L. Davis, Jefferson Thomas ("J.T.") Scott

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That the City Solicitor prepare a Home Rule Petition to recognize any member of a domestic partnership as a "dependent" for Group Insurance Commission coverage, and as a "spouse" with respect to other applicable laws.

 

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Official Text

That the City Solicitor prepare a Home Rule Petition that the City of Somerville be permitted to recognize members of a domestic partnership as within the definition of a "dependent" for purposes of Group Insurance Commission coverage and otherwise to be considered the same as a "spouse" under applicable laws.