 public employee benefits for same sex or unmarried partners  to vote on this issue in the new poll click on this link  the language of a ruling as passed by the michigan civil service commission   the civil service commission has approved letters of understanding for certain bargaining units that would allow represented employees in the classified civil service who do not have an eligible spouse to enroll one unrelated adult and that adult s dependents in the state health plan provided that certain criteria are met the commission also adopted a rule providing the same option to nonexclusively represented employees  as a result of that ruling the michigan senate has introduced senate concurrent resolution no 9 which reads in part   a concurrent resolution to reject the proposed increase in rates of compensation recommended by the civil service commission and contained in the executive budget for fiscal year 20112012 relative to the extension of health benefits to adults and their dependents living with but not related to a classified employee  for the full text of the senate resolution click on the following pdf link senate concurrent resolution 9 165  public employee benefits for same sex unmarried partners  