Baltimore County’s Health Care Review Committee agreed to extend health care benefits to same-sex couples legally married in other states, starting Jan. 1, 2012.

State Farm Insurance Cos. will begin to offer health insurance and other benefits to its employees’ legally recognized same-sex partners, starting June 1.

Most heterosexual adults believe that employees with committed partners who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) should receive the same benefits as spouses, according to a new survey.

The Frederick County Teachers Association’s new contract provides health insurance to domestic partners of employees. No salary increases were included in the new contract.

The Maryland Insurance Administration is evaluating whether the recent ruling from Maryland’s attorney general saying the state must recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states affects insurance sales.

With weeks left in his tenure as the state’s governor, Tim Kaine is moving forward with a plan to add same-sex partners under Virginia’s employee health plan.