OAR 101-015-0026: Domestic Partnership

(1) Certificate of Registered Domestic Partnership. When a Registered Domestic Partnership exists and the eligible employee wants to enroll the domestic partner or the domestic partner's eligible children in benefit plans, the employee may electronically enroll or submit enrollment update forms to the agency at the appropriate time as defined by PEBB enrollment rules. (2) PEBB Affidavit of Domestic Partnership. An eligible employee and an individual of the opposite or same sex without a Certificate of Registered Domestic Partnership, who want enrollment in PEBB plans as Domestic Partners must meet all of the following criteria: (a) Are both at least 18 years of age; (b) Are responsible for each other's welfare and are each other's sole domestic partners; (c) Are not married to anyone; (d) Share a close personal relationship and are not related by blood closer than would bar marriage in the State of Oregon; (e) Currently share the same regular permanent residence; (f) Are jointly financially responsible for basic living expenses defined as the cost of food, shelter, and any other expenses of maintaining a household. Financial information must be provided if requested, and; (g) Eligible employees must submit enrollment forms and a notarized affidavit to enroll domestic partners and children. To enroll eligible dependent children of a domestic partnership by affidavit in benefit plans, whether or not the enrollment includes the domestic partner, the employee must submit an Affidavit of Domestic Partnership. (A) For enrollment, the agency must receive the notarized affidavit within five business days following close date of the enrollment period. (B) Employees with qualified mid-year changes may only enroll a domestic partner or partner’s children by submitting the correct enrollment forms and notarized affidavit within the allowable time for the enrollment type. Agencies will not process a domestic partner or a partner’s children’s enrollment until the enrollment documentation submission is complete. (3) An imputed value for the fair market value of the domestic partner and domestic partner's dependent children's insurance premium will be added to the eligible employee's taxable wages. (4) An eligible employee ending a domestic partnership established under the PEBB Affidavit of Domestic Partnership must complete and submit a Termination of Domestic Partnership form and enrollment update forms to the agency within 30 days of the event. Insurance coverage for the domestic partner and domestic partner's dependent children ends the last day of the month in which eligibility is lost.