sentences:  The couples will receive health benefits, inheritance, parenting and pension rights.The bill was passed in Parliament on 30 November 2007 after having been passed in a slightly different form in the Senate earlier in February 2007; the bill was passed by both chambers in the same form on 19 December, and signed into law by President Tabaré Vázquez on 27 December.It came into effect on 1 January 2008.