This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

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Vol. 74, No. 176 

Monday, September 14, 2009 

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 

MANAGEMENT 

5 CFR Part 630 

RIN 3206–AL93 

Absence and Leave; Sick Leave 

AGENCY: Office of Personnel 

Management. 

ACTION: Proposed rule with request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The U. S. Office of Personnel 

Management (OPM) is issuing proposed 

regulations to modify definitions related 

to family member and immediate 

relative in 5 CFR part 630 for purposes 

of use of sick leave, funeral leave, 

voluntary leave transfer, voluntary leave 

bank, and emergency leave transfer. 

These changes would implement 

Section 1 of the President’s June 17, 

2009 Memorandum on Federal Benefits 

and Non-Discrimination and ensure that 

agencies are considering the needs of a 

widely diverse workforce and providing 

the broadest support possible to 

employees to help them balance their 

increasing work, personal, and family 

obligations. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 13, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by RIN number ‘‘3206– 

AL93,’’ using either of the following 

methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Mail: Jerome D. Mikowicz, Deputy 

Associate Director, Center for Pay and 

Leave Administration, U.S. Office of 

Personnel Management, Room 7H31, 

1900 E Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20415–8200. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brenda Roberts by telephone at (202) 

606–2858; by fax at (202) 606–0824; or 

by e-mail at pay-performancepolicy@opm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. 

Office of Personnel Management (OPM) 

is issuing proposed regulations to 

modify definitions related to family 

member and immediate relative in 5 

CFR part 630 for purposes of use of sick 

leave, funeral leave, voluntary leave 

transfer, voluntary leave bank, and 

emergency leave transfer. These 

regulations would ensure that agencies 

are considering the needs of a widely 

diverse workforce and providing the 

broadest support possible to employees 

to help them balance their increasing 

work requirements and personal and 

family obligations. As part of OPM’s 

continued efforts to support the needs of 

the Federal workforce during times of 

sickness, funerals, and medical or other 

emergencies, we are proposing to make 

the definitions of family member and 

immediate relative more explicit to 

include more examples of relationships 

that are covered under the phrase ‘‘[a]ny 

individual related by blood or affinity’’ 

whose close association with the 

employee is the equivalent of a family 

relationship. These examples include 

step-parents and step-children, 

grandparents, grandchildren, and samesex and opposite-sex domestic partners. 

By making the definitions of family 

member and immediate relative more 

explicit, we ensure more consistent 

application of policy across the Federal 

Government, implement the Section 1 of 

the President’s June 17, 2009 

Memorandum on Federal Benefits and 

Non-Discrimination, and set an example 

of the Federal Government as a model 

employer of a diverse workforce. 

Background 

The current definition of family 

member in 5 CFR 630.201 and 630.902 

was derived from the definition of 

immediate relative used to reflect the 

provisions of 5 U.S.C. 6326 for funeral 

leave. (See 34 FR 13655, August 26, 

1969.) In the Civil Service Commission’s 

(CSC’s and now OPM’s) funeral leave 

regulations for immediate relatives of 

members of the Armed Forces who died 

as a result of wounds, disease, or injury 

incurred while serving in a combat 

zone, the CSC recognized that there 

were many cases in which an 

employee’s close relationship to another 

person was equivalent to a family 

relationship, although a blood 

relationship did not exist. Examples 

provided in the regulations included 

foster children and stepchildren. 

Therefore, in the current definition of 

immediate relative for funeral leave 

purposes, and in the definition of family 

member for purposes of sick leave, 

voluntary leave transfer, voluntary leave 

bank, and the emergency leave transfer 

programs, we included ‘‘[a]ny 

individual related by blood or affinity’’ 

whose close association with another 

person is the equivalent of a family 

relationship. At that time, the CSC 

provided no further guidance on what 

relationships would be covered under 

this category. The intent was for 

agencies to make the determination on 

a case-by-case basis based on the close 

relationship of the employee to the 

other individual, which might vary from 

employee to employee. The CSC did not 

believe it was necessary then to make 

these two definitions more specific. 

However, because of the lack of more 

specific examples, administration and 

the approval of leave across and within 

agencies have been inconsistent. Where 

agencies have created their own written 

policies defining whom they include in 

the category of individuals related by 

blood or affinity whose close association 

with another individual is equivalent to 

a family relationship, implementation 

necessarily differs from agency to 

agency. In other cases, moreover, 

agencies have no written policies, and it 

then falls to an employee’s supervisor to 

make determinations without consistent 

overarching guidance. In order to 

provide more equitable and consistent 

Governmentwide administration of the 

leave programs, we believe it is 

important to define additional 

categories of individuals who are 

covered when relying on the phrase 

‘‘[a]ny individual related by blood or 

affinity’’ whose close association with 

the employee is the equivalent of a 

family relationship. 

With America’s changing 

demographics and socio-economic 

trends, employees have increasing 

personal needs and family care 

obligations. Two-parent families often 

need both parents to be engaged in the 

workforce, and many parents raise 

children in single-parent homes. 

Employees face increasing demands to 

provide care to aging relatives or other 

family members outside of the nuclear 

family. OPM believes it is important to 

address the needs of a more diverse 

workforce. By ensuring consistent 

policies within the Federal Government 


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we set an example as the model 

employer of a diverse workforce. 

In order to strengthen Government 

support for employees and help them 

balance their increasing work, personal, 

and family obligations, we are revising 

and adding to the definitions in 5 CFR 

part 630, subparts B, H, I, J, and K, to 

specify more of the types of 

relationships for which employees may 

use leave under these regulations. 

Our proposed changes do not apply to 

the Family and Medical Leave Act 

(FMLA). The situations in which an 

employee can invoke FMLA leave and 

the individuals for whom an employee 

can provide care under FMLA are 

specified in law. 

We are not re-defining the phrase 

‘‘[a]ny individual related by blood or 

affinity’’ whose close association with 

the employee is the equivalent of a 

family relationship. We have broadly 

interpreted the phrase in the past to 

include such relationships as 

grandparent and grandchild, brother 

and sister-in-law, fiance ́(e), cousin, aunt 

and uncle, other relatives outside 

definitions (1)–(4) in current 5 CFR 

630.201 and 630.902, and close friend, 

to the extent that the connection 

between the employee and the 

individual was significant enough to be 

regarded as having the closeness of a 

family relationship even though the 

individuals might not be related by 

blood or formally in law. The current 

definition is not altered by the changes 

we are proposing, and the above list is 

not intended to be exhaustive, but 

illustrative. The purpose of the 

amendments we are proposing to the 

current definitions of family member 

and immediate relative is to make the 

application of the leave program across 

the Federal Government as uniform as 

possible, to implement Section 1 of the 

President’s June 17, 2009 Memorandum 

on Federal Benefits and NonDiscrimination, and to continue to cover 

significant relationships. 

Definitions 

OPM’s proposed regulations would 

amend the definition of family member 

in part 630, subparts B (Definitions and 

General Provisions for Annual Leave 

and Sick Leave) and I (Voluntary Leave 

Transfer) and immediate relative in 

subpart H (Funeral Leave); and include 

new definitions for committed 

relationship, domestic partner, parent, 

and son or daughter. We are also 

making conforming changes to subparts 

J (Voluntary Leave Bank Program) and K 

(Emergency Leave Transfer Program) 

because both subparts reference the 

current definition of family member. 

The definitions are being changed as 

follows. 

The current definition of family 

member at 5 CFR 630.201 and 5 CFR 

630.902 reads— 

‘‘Family member means the following 

relatives of the employee: 

‘‘(1) Spouse, and parents thereof; 

‘‘(2) Children, including adopted 

children and spouses thereof; 

‘‘(3) Parents; 

‘‘(4) Brothers and sisters, and spouses 

thereof; and 

‘‘(5) Any individual related by blood 

or affinity whose close association with 

the employee is the equivalent of a 

family relationship.’’ 

We are modifying the definition of 

family member to include domestic 

partners, grandparents, and 

grandchildren. Our proposed definition 

reads— 

‘‘Family member means an individual 

with any of the following relationships 

to the employee: 

‘‘(1) Spouse, and parents thereof; 

‘‘(2) Sons and daughters, and spouses 

thereof; 

‘‘(3) Parents, and spouses thereof; 

‘‘(4) Brothers and sisters, and spouses 

thereof; 

‘‘(5) Grandparents and grandchildren, 

and spouses thereof; 

‘‘(6) Domestic partner, including 

domestic partners of any individual in 

paragraphs (2)–(5) of this definition; and 

‘‘(7) Any individual related by blood 

or affinity whose close association with 

the employee is the equivalent of a 

family relationship.’’ 

We are also defining the terms 

committed relationship, domestic 

partner, parent, and son or daughter. 

The proposed definition of domestic 

partner reads— 

‘‘Domestic partner means an adult in 

a committed relationship with another 

adult, including both same sex and 

opposite sex relationships. 

Committed relationship means that 

the employee, and the domestic partner 

of the employee, are each other’s sole 

domestic partner (and are not married to 

or domestic partners with anyone else); 

and share responsibility for a significant 

measure of each other’s common 

welfare and financial obligations. This 

includes, but is not limited to, any 

relationship between two individuals of 

the same or opposite sex that is granted 

legal recognition by a state or by the 

District of Columbia as a marriage or 

analogous relationship (including, but 

not limited to a civil union). 

The proposed definition of parent 

reads— 

‘‘Parent means— 

‘‘(1) A biological, adoptive, step, or 

foster parent of the employee, or a 

person who was a foster parent of the 

employee when the employee was a 

minor; 

‘‘(2) A person who is the legal 

guardian of the employee or was the 

legal guardian of the employee when the 

employee was a minor or required a 

legal guardian; or 

‘‘(3) A person who stands in loco 

parentis to the employee or stood in 

loco parentis to the employee when the 

employee was a minor or required 

someone to stand in loco parentis. 

‘‘(4) A parent, as described in 

paragraphs (1) through (3) of this 

definition, of an employee’s domestic 

partner.’’ 

Finally, we are also proposing a 

definition of son or daughter, which 

reads— 

‘‘Son or daughter means— 

‘‘(1) A biological, adopted, step, or 

foster son or daughter of the employee; 

‘‘(2) A person who is a legal ward or 

was a legal ward of the employee when 

that individual was a minor or required 

a legal guardian; 

‘‘(3) A person for whom the employee 

stands in loco parentis or stood in loco 

parentis when that individual was a 

minor or required someone to stand in 

loco parentis; or 

‘‘(4) A son or daughter, as described 

in paragraphs (1) through (3) of this 

definition, of an employee’s domestic 

partner.’’ 

We are also proposing a new 

definition of immediate relative for the 

purposes of funeral leave under subpart 

H, which uses the same categories of 

relationship as the definition of family 

member. In order to be consistent with 

the definition of family member of 

subparts B and I, we are also taking the 

opportunity to write the definition of 

immediate relative in the present tense 

and to define immediate relative by 

relationship to the employee rather that 

by relationship to the deceased. The 

proposed definition reads— 

‘‘Immediate relative means an 

individual with any of the following 

relationships to the employee: 

‘‘(1) Spouse, and parents thereof; 

‘‘(2) Sons and daughters, and spouses 

thereof; 

‘‘(3) Parents, and spouses thereof; 

‘‘(4) Brothers and sisters, and spouses 

thereof; 

‘‘(5) Grandparents and grandchildren 

and spouses thereof; 

‘‘(6) Domestic partner, including 

domestic partners of any individual in 

paragraphs (2)–(5) of this definition; and 

‘‘(7) Any individual related by blood 

or affinity whose close association with 

the employee is the equivalent of a 

family relationship.’’ 

In the Voluntary Leave Transfer 

Program regulations in 5 CFR part 630, 


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subpart I, we are proposing the same 

change to the definition of family 

member and the addition of the same 

definitions of committed relationship, 

domestic partner, parent, and son or 

daughter as we are proposing in 5 CFR 

630.201. In the voluntary leave bank 

and emergency leave transfer programs, 

we are referencing the changes we are 

making in the definitions section of the 

voluntary leave transfer program. 

E.O. 12866, Regulatory Review 

This rule has been reviewed by the 

Office of Management and Budget in 

accordance with E.O. 12866. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

I certify that these regulations will not 

have a significant economic impact on 

a substantial number of small entities 

because they will apply only to Federal 

agencies and employees. 

List of Subjects in 5 CFR 630 

Government employees. 

U.S. Office of Personnel Management. 

John Berry, 

Director. 

Accordingly, OPM is proposing to 

amend 5 CFR part 630 as follows: 

PART 630—ABSENCE AND LEAVE 

1. The authority citation for part 630 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 6311; § 630.205 also 

issued under Pub. L. 108–411, 118 Stat 2312; 

§ 630.301 also issued under Pub. L. 103–356, 

108 Stat. 3410 and Pub. L. 108–411, 118 Stat 

2312; § 630.303 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 

6133(a); §§ 630.306 and 630.308 also issued 

under 5 U.S.C. 6304(d)(3), Pub. L. 102–484, 

106 Stat. 2722, and Pub. L. 103–337, 108 Stat. 

2663; subpart D also issued under Pub. L. 

103–329, 108 Stat. 2423; § 630.501 and 

subpart F also issued under E.O. 11228, 30 

FR 7739, 3 CFR, 1974 Comp., p. 163; subpart 

G also issued under 5 U.S.C. 6305; subpart 

H also issued under 5 U.S.C. 6326; subpart 

I also issued under 5 U.S.C. 6332, Pub. L. 

100–566, 102 Stat. 2834, and Pub. L. 103– 

103, 107 Stat. 1022; subpart J also issued 

under 5 U.S.C. 6362, Pub. L 100–566, and 

Pub. L. 103–103; subpart K also issued under 

Pub. L. 105–18, 111 Stat. 158; subpart L also 

issued under 5 U.S.C. 6387 and Pub. L. 103– 

3, 107 Stat. 23; and subpart M also issued 

under 5 U.S.C. 6391 and Pub. L. 102–25, 105 

Stat. 92. 

2. In § 630.201, paragraph (b) is 

amended by revising the definition of 

family member and by adding 

definitions of committed relationship, 

domestic partner, parent, and son or 

daughter to read as follows: 

§ 630.201 Definitions. 

* * * * * 

(b) * * * 

Committed relationship means that 

the employee, and the domestic partner 

of the employee, are each other’s sole 

domestic partner (and are not married to 

or domestic partners with anyone else); 

and share responsibility for a significant 

measure of each other’s common 

welfare and financial obligations. This 

includes, but is not limited to, any 

relationship between two individuals of 

the same or opposite sex that is granted 

legal recognition by a state or by the 

District of Columbia as a marriage or 

analogous relationship (including, but 

not limited to a civil union). 

Domestic partner means an adult in a 

committed relationship with another 

adult, including both same sex and 

opposite sex relationships. 

* * * * * 

Family member means an individual 

with any of the following relationships 

to the employee: 

(1) Spouse, and parents thereof; 

(2) Sons and daughters, and spouses 

thereof; 

(3) Parents, and spouses thereof; 

(4) Brothers and sisters, and spouses 

thereof; 

(5) Grandparents and grandchildren, 

and spouses thereof; 

(6) Domestic partner, including 

domestic partners of any individual in 

paragraphs (2)–(5) of this definition; and 

(7) Any individual related by blood or 

affinity whose close association with the 

employee is the equivalent of a family 

relationship. 

* * * * * 

Parent means— 

(1) A biological, adoptive, step, or 

foster parent of the employee, or a 

person who was a foster parent of the 

employee when the employee was a 

minor; 

(2) A person who is the legal guardian 

of the employee or was the legal 

guardian of the employee when the 

employee was a minor or required a 

legal guardian; or 

(3) A person who stands in loco 

parentis to the employee or stood in 

loco parentis to the employee when the 

employee was a minor or required 

someone to stand in loco parentis. 

(4) A parent, as described in 

paragraphs (1) through (3) of this 

definition, of an employee’s domestic 

partner. 

* * * * * 

Son or daughter means— 

(1) A biological, adopted, step, or 

foster son or daughter of the employee; 

(2) A person who is a legal ward or 

was a legal ward of the employee when 

that individual was a minor or required 

a legal guardian; 

(3) A person for whom the employee 

stands in loco parentis or stood in loco 

parentis when that individual was a 

minor or required someone to stand in 

loco parentis; or 

(4) A son or daughter, as described in 

paragraphs (1) through (3) of this 

definition, of an employee’s domestic 

partner. 

* * * * * 

3. In § 630.803, revise the definition of 

immediate relative and add definitions 

of committed relationship, domestic 

partner, parent, and son or daughter to 

read as follows: 

§ 630.803 Definitions. 

* * * * * 

Committed relationship means that 

the employee, and the domestic partner 

of the employee, are each other’s sole 

domestic partner (and are not married to 

or domestic partners with anyone else); 

and share responsibility for a significant 

measure of each other’s common 

welfare and financial obligations. This 

includes, but is not limited to, any 

relationship between two individuals of 

the same or opposite sex that is granted 

legal recognition by a state or by the 

District of Columbia as a marriage or 

analogous relationship (including, but 

not limited to a civil union). 

Domestic partner means an adult in a 

committed relationship with another 

adult, including both same sex and 

opposite sex relationships. 

* * * * * 

Immediate relative means an 

individual with any of the following 

relationships to the employee: 

(1) Spouse, and parents thereof; 

(2) Sons and daughters, and spouses 

thereof; 

(3) Parents, and spouses thereof; 

(4) Brothers and sisters, and spouses 

thereof; 

(5) Grandparents and grandchildren, 

and spouses thereof; 

(6) Domestic partner, including 

domestic partners of any individual in 

paragraphs (2)–(5) of this definition; and 

(7) Any individual related by blood or 

affinity whose close association with the 

employee is the equivalent of a family 

relationship. 

Parent means— 

(1) A biological, adoptive, step, or 

foster parent of the employee; 

(2) A person who is the legal guardian 

of the employee or was the legal 

guardian of the employee when the 

employee was a minor or required a 

legal guardian; or 

(3) A person who stands in loco 

parentis to the employee or stood in 

loco parentis to the employee when the 

employee was a minor or required 

someone to stand in loco parentis. 

(4) A parent, as described in 

paragraphs (1) through (3) of this 


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definition, of an employee’s domestic 

partner. 

Son or daughter means— 

(1) A biological, adopted, step, or 

foster son or daughter of the employee; 

(2) A person who is a legal ward or 

was a legal ward of the employee when 

that individual was a minor or required 

a legal guardian; 

(3) A person for whom the employee 

stands in loco parentis or stood in loco 

parentis when that individual was a 

minor or required someone to stand in 

loco parentis; or 

(4) A son or daughter, as described in 

paragraphs (1) through (3) of this 

definition, of an employee’s domestic 

partner. 

4. In § 630.902, revise the definition of 

family member and add definitions of 

committed relationship, domestic 

partner, parent, and son or daughter to 

read as follows: 

§ 630.902 Definitions. 

* * * * * 

Committed relationship means that 

the employee, and the domestic partner 

of the employee, are each other’s sole 

domestic partner (and are not married to 

or domestic partners with anyone else); 

and share responsibility for a significant 

measure of each other’s common 

welfare and financial obligations. This 

includes, but is not limited to, any 

relationship between two individuals of 

the same or opposite sex that is granted 

legal recognition by a state or by the 

District of Columbia as a marriage or 

analogous relationship (including, but 

not limited to, a civil union). 

Domestic partner means an adult in a 

committed relationship with another 

adult, including both same sex and 

opposite sex relationships. 

* * * * * 

Family member means an individual 

with any of the following relationships 

to the employee: 

(1) Spouse, and parents thereof; 

(2) Sons and daughters, and spouses 

thereof; 

(3) Parents, and spouses thereof; 

(4) Brothers and sisters, and spouses 

thereof; 

(5) Grandparents and grandchildren, 

and spouses thereof; 

(6) Domestic partner, including 

domestic partners of any individual in 

(2)–(5) above; and 

(7) Any individual related by blood or 

affinity whose close association with the 

employee is the equivalent of a family 

relationship. 

* * * * * 

Parent means— 

(1) A biological, adoptive, step, or 

foster parent of the employee; 

(2) A person who is the legal guardian 

of the employee or was the legal 

guardian of the employee when the 

employee was a minor or required a 

legal guardian; or 

(3) A person who stands in loco 

parentis to the employee or stood in 

loco parentis to the employee when the 

employee was a minor or required 

someone to stand in loco parentis. 

(4) A parent, as described in 

paragraphs (1) through (3) of this 

definition, of an employee’s domestic 

partner. 

* * * * * 

Son or daughter means— 

(1) A biological, adopted, step, or 

foster son or daughter of the employee; 

(2) A person who is a legal ward or 

was a legal ward of the employee when 

that individual was a minor or required 

a legal guardian; 

(3) A person for whom the employee 

stands in loco parentis or stood in loco 

parentis when that individual was a 

minor or required someone to stand in 

loco parentis; or 

(4) A son or daughter, as described in 

paragraphs (1) through (3) of this 

definition, of an employee’s domestic 

partner. 

5. In § 630.1002, add the definitions of 

committed relationship, domestic 

partner, parent, and son or daughter to 

read as follows: 

§ 630.1002 Definitions. 

* * * * * 

Committed relationship has the 

meaning given that term in subpart I of 

this part. 

Domestic partner has the meaning 

given that term in subpart I of this part. 

* * * * * 

* * * * * 

Parent has the meaning given that 

term in subpart I of this part. 

* * * * * 

Son or daughter has the meaning 

given that term in subpart I of this part. 

6. In § 630.1102, add the definitions of 

committed relationship, domestic 

partner, parent, and son or daughter to 

read as follows: 

§ 630.1102 Definitions. 

* * * * * 

Committed relationship has the 

meaning given that term in subpart I of 

this part. 

* * * * * 

Domestic partner has the meaning 

given that term in subpart I of this part. 

* * * * * 

Parent has the meaning given that 

term in subpart I of this part. 

Son or daughter has the meaning 

given that term in subpart I of this part. 

* * * * * 

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BILLING CODE 6325–39–P 

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 

MANAGEMENT 

5 CFR Part 875 

RIN 3206–AL92 

Federal Long Term Care Insurance 

Program: Eligibility Changes 

AGENCY: U.S. Office of Personnel 

Management. 

ACTION: Proposed regulation. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Office of Personnel 

Management (OPM) is issuing a 

proposed regulation to expand 

eligibility to apply for coverage under 

the Federal Long Term Care Insurance 

Program (FLTCIP). Under the proposed 

regulation, the definition of ‘‘qualified 

relative’’ is expanded to cover the samesex domestic partners of eligible Federal 

and U.S. Postal Service employees and 

annuitants. The proposed regulation 

will help agencies address the family 

needs of an increasingly diverse 

workforce, and will enhance the Federal 

Government’s ability to compete with 

the private sector for talent. 

DATES: OPM must receive comments on 

or before November 13, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and/or RIN 

number by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: John Cutler, Senior Policy 

Analyst, Insurance Policy Group, 

Strategic Human Resources Policy, 

Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E 

Street, NW., Room 3415, Washington, 

DC 20415; or deliver to OPM, Room 

3415, 1900 E Street, NW.; or FAX to 

(202) 606–0633. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Cutler, at john.cutler@opm.gov or (202) 

606–0735. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

President’s Memorandum of June 17, 

2009, on Federal Benefits and NonDiscrimination requests that the Office 

of Personnel Management (OPM) extend 

certain benefits that can be provided to 

same-sex domestic partners of Federal 

employees consistent with Federal law. 

In response, OPM is proposing a 

regulatory change to expand eligibility 

to apply for coverage under the Federal 

Long Term Care Insurance Program 


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