MN HF2055

Adds definition of "domestic partner" to Minnesota Statutes section 43A.02, defining it as a person in a committed interdependent relationship with another adult where partners are responsible for each other's welfare, share a common residence, are not related by blood or adoption to a degree that would prohibit marriage, and are legally competent to enter a contract

Requires that if a collective bargaining agreement or plan provides state-paid health insurance benefits for spouses of state employees, those same benefits must be made available to domestic partners on identical terms and conditions

Clarifies that domestic partners can share a common residence even if they do not each have legal right to possess it or if one or both possess additional real property

Specifies that temporary absences from the common residence with intent to return do not break the domestic partnership status for health insurance purposes