Announcement of Ruling: Implementing United States v. Windsor for Purposes of Entitlement and Enrollment in Medicare Hospital Insurance and Supplementary Medical Insurance
medicare · Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services · Rule · Published 2015-02-13 · 80 FR 7975
Document
Document number
2015-03069
Federal Register citation
80 FR 7975
CFR reference
42 CFR 406
Type
Rule
Action
Notice of CMS ruling.
Category
medicare
Sub-agency
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Publication date
2015-02-13
HHS docket
CMS-4176-NR
Abstract
This document announces a CMS Ruling that states the CMS policies for implementing United States v. Windsor ("Windsor"), in which the Supreme Court held that section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), enacted in 1996, is unconstitutional. Section 3 of DOMA defined "marriage" and "spouse" as excluding same-sex marriages and same-sex spouses, and effectively precluded the Federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages and spouses.