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On June 2, President Obama signed a memo extending child care, employee assistance, credit union membership and other benefits to gay and lesbian federal employees' same-sex domestic partners and their children.
Obama's memo clarifies that the children of employees' same-sex partners are also considered the employees' children and dependents, and said those employees are now eligible to receive child care subsidies and services offered by an agency. Same-sex partners and their children also count as family members for other employee assistance programs.Excellent news, but Obama is still prevented by law from extending health insurance, survivor annuities and other benefits to employees' same-sex partners. He went on to urge Congress to pass HR 2517 and S 1102, the Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act, which would make same-sex partners eligible for the same benefits as married heterosexual spouses of federal employees.
The memo also makes same-sex partners of State Department employees deployed abroad eligible for noncompetitive appointments to federal jobs when they return to the United States, as heterosexual spouses are now.
And gay and lesbian feds can now use family and medical leave to make school arrangements for their partners' children, or for medical care for their partners, as well as their partners' children and elderly relatives.
Employees' partners also now have access to agency-sponsored fitness facilities and planning and counseling services.
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