Courier-Journal: Stumbo calls partner benefits illegal
The universities of Louisville and Kentucky are violating the state constitution by offering health insurance to domestic partners of their employees, the state attorney general’s office said in an opinion yesterday.
But the opinion also said there are ways that such benefits can be offered legally.
In an interview, Attorney General Greg Stumbo said the universities could provide coverage for domestic partners simply by giving such benefits to anyone who lives with an employee.
“There is a way for (the universities) to accomplish their goals by expanding the class, rather than trying to be so constrictive about it,” he said.
Yesterday’s 17-page opinion is advisory and does not carry the force of law. But Stumbo said that if the universities don’t change their benefit plans, he would file suit against them.
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