In response to the Friday, June 26, 2015 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that state laws prohibiting same-sex marriages are in violation of the U.S. Constitution, the UBT will now treat all legal marriages the same when considering applications for state employee benefits for spouses. The ruling date will be treated as a life event. As such, current same sex spouses can be added to dental, vision and supplemental life insurance up to July 27, 2015. If added within in this time frame, coverage will begin on July 1, 2015.
Prospectively, all legal marriages will be treated as a life event.