The University will make the typical array of benefits available to eligible domestic partners and their children. Premium rates and benefit provisions will be consistent for all covered families. Since the premium costs for all employees' families are currently paid by employees there are no imputed income expenses to consider for PLU's domestic partner premium costs currently. These rules state that domestic partners and their children must also qualify as your dependents for income tax purposes. To determine whether you provide more than half your domestic partner's total support you must compare the amount of support you provide with the amount of support your domestic partner supplies for himself or herself.
Support includes food, shelter, clothing, medical and dental care, education and the like.
Because the determination of whether a person is a dependent for tax purposes depends on facts solely within your knowledge, PLU cannot make this determination for you. All employees requesting coverage for domestic partners and their children must complete a PLU Affidavit of Domestic Partnership Document that attests to their eligibility. This document allows PLU's benefits providers to verify with written proof that the family members for whom coverage is being requested satisfy these eligibility criteria. At least some of PLU's benefits providers may require a copy of the Affidavit be sent to them with the enrollment form for coverage. Further documentation supporting the Affidavit will generally not be requested.