The Retirement Agency shall administer benefits with respect to the same-gender spouse of a member, former member, or retiree from a lawfully recognized marriage in the same manner as an opposite-gender spouse, including the payment of any spousal death or survivor benefits.

Authority: State Personnel and Pensions Article, §§21-110 and 21-603, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: July 27, 2009 (36:15 Md. R. 1167)

Regulation .01B amended effective January 8, 2024 (50:26 Md. R. 1132)

Regulation .04 adopted effective October 3, 2011 (38:20 Md. R. 1204)

Regulation .04 amended effective November 10, 2014 (41:22 Md. R. 1320)

Regulation .05 adopted effective February 11, 2019 (46:3 Md. R. 109)