With the enactment of Section 55 of Chapter 176 of the Acts of 2011, the law requires that we send this notification to individuals who retired prior to May 17, 2004, and chose Option A or C. As you will note from the attached copy of Section 55 of Chapter 176, this new law will permit specific retirees the ability to change his or her option to Option C in certain, limited circumstances involving same sex couples. A qualifying retiree has a very small window in which to elect this option change, so retirees who are eligible for this benefit must act quickly by notifying the retirement board that you wish to change your option selection.