Other Qualified Adult Benefits
Effective 1/1/09, the University Offers Benefits for Other Qualified Adults
Beginning January 1, 2009, a U-M employee who does not already enroll a spouse in the health or other benefit plans may enroll one adult individual for benefit coverage if all of the following eligibility criteria are met:
- The employee is eligible for U-M benefits; and
- The Other Qualified Adult (OQA) at the time of proposed enrollment, shares a primary residence with the employee and has done so for the previous 6 continuous months, other than as an employee or tenant.
More information about Other Qualified Adult (OQA) eligibility requirements.
More on the Legislative History of Same Sex Domestic Partner Benefits.
RESOURCES & RELATED INFORMATION
Legislative History of Same Sex Domestic Partner Benefits
Benefits Office: Other Qualified Adults (OQA)
Taxation of OQA Coverage: What You Need to Know
U-M Benefits Office
Spectrum Center
Office of the Provost: Lesbian Gay Bisexual & Transgender Faculty and Staff