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<p class="MsoNormal">Federal law defaults to whatever the state law is. Washington treats an RDP as a spouse. See POMS PR 05845.006 California (Feb. 28, 2019), the SSA determined that where a couple registered as domestic partner that established a valid
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<p>Learned Brethren: Does Medicaid in Washington consider a Registered Domestic Partnership like a marriage or is it ignored under the federal laws??? My cursory research gives conflicting answers.... Thanks.<o:p></o:p></p>
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