An insurance plan that extends dental coverage to domestic partners of state employees is drawing fire from a Republican lawmaker.
In a letter Wednesday to the director of the Office of State Employment Relations, Rep. Mark Gottlieb of Port Washington questioned whether the department has “specific statutory authority to recognize domestic partnerships, and to offer tax-advantaged insurance plans to employees and their domestic partners?”
Gottlieb also asked if the department has the authority to authorize tax-deductible deductions to an employee reimbursement account for the medical expenses of a domestic partner.