{"422251":{"#nid":"422251","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Benefits Information Related to Supreme Court Same-sex Marriage Ruling","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBeginning July 13, 2015, employees will be able to begin enrolling their same sex spouse in coverage in the University System of Georgia (USG) benefits plans. The effective date of the coverage will be backdated to June 26\u0026nbsp;or July 1, based upon employee preference, for same sex marriages occurring June 26 or prior. Employees will have until September 1 to register the change and provide documentation.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlso, beginning July 13, employees who marry a same sex spouse after June 26 will be able to enroll their spouse in USG benefits coverage by following the family status change procedures already in place for the USG benefits plans.\u0026nbsp;Documentation will be required to verify eligibility for coverage.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEmployees should visit the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.usg.edu\/hr\/benefits\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EUSG\u0027s main benefits page\u003C\/a\u003E for the most up-to-date information related to the ruling.\u0026nbsp;Enrollment instructions, coverage information, and FAQs will be available beginning July 13 on the USG website.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor questions or additional information, email\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto: usg-benefits@usg.edu\u0022\u003Eusg-benefits@usg.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBeginning July 13, 2015, employees will be able to begin enrolling their same sex spouse in coverage in the University System of Georgia Benefits plans. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The University System of Georgia has provided Georgia Tech with information related to the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage."}],"uid":"27822","created_gmt":"2015-07-09 07:47:21","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:18:56","author":"Myra Oviatt","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-07-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-07-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.usg.edu\/hr\/benefits\/same_sex_spouse_coverage_information","title":"USG Same-sex Spouse Coverage Information"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.usg.edu\/hr\/benefits","title":"USG Main Benefits Page"},{"url":"http:\/\/ohr.gatech.edu\/content\/USG-same-sex-marriage-statement","title":"Human Resources Same-sex Spouse Information"}],"groups":[{"id":"64303","name":"Human Resources"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBeNedra Williams\u003Cbr \/\u003EBenefits Supervisor, Human Resources\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:%20benedra.williams@ohr.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003Ebenedra.williams@ohr.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}