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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
DISSOLUTION OF RESOLUTION 99-R-178 AND THE REVOCATION OF THE AUTHORITY OF THE HUMAN RESOURCE'S BUREAU CHIEF TO CREATE AN AFFIDAVIT OF DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP
WHEREAS, the Cook County Board of Commissioners ("Board") are committed to nondiscrimination in the workplace; and
WHEREAS, the Board created and adopted the Cook County Employee Domestic Partnership Benefit Resolution in June 2008; and
WHEREAS, the resolution gave the Bureau Chief of the Bureau of Human Resources the authority to create an affidavit when presented with sufficient documentation made by an employee who self-identified as being in a domestic partnership eligible to receive the same Health Insurance Benefits and Leave Benefits for their partner's unmarried dependents and immediate family, respectively; and
WHEREAS, in 2011 the State of Illinois enacted Public Act 96-1513, the Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act, that provided adequate procedure or the certification and registration of a civil union and provided persons entering into a civil union with the obligations, responsibilities, protections and benefits afforded or recognized by the law of Illinois to spouses; and
WHEREAS, in 2014 the State of Illinois enacted Public Act 98-0597, the Illinois Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act that provided same-sex and different-sex couples and their children equal access to the status, benefits, protections, rights and responsibilities of civil marriage; and
WHEREAS, Cook County employee health benefits coverage for dependents remains accessible with all legislated partner or spouse designations; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of Cook County that Resolution 99-R-178 be dissolved; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the authority given to the Bureau Chief of the Bureau of Human Resources to create an Affidavit of Domestic Partnership with sufficient documentation that would provide eligibility for Health Insu...
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