Requirement 2012 - 2013
All students, undergraduate and graduate, taking nine (9) credit hours or more in any given semester of attendance are required to either a.) Participate in the University offered health insurance program or b.) Submit proof of having outside health insurance that meets the University’s compliance standards by submitting an electronic waiver compliance form by the waiver deadline for the current semester. Proof of outside health insurance must be submitted each semester a student is taking nine (9) credit hours or more.
The University health insurance plan offered each Fall semester provides coverage for five (5) months and the Spring semester plan provides coverage for seven (7) months. Premium rates for Fall and Spring semesters vary according to the number of months included in each of the coverage periods.
Upon registering for courses, students taking nine (9) or more credit hours will automatically be billed for the Student Health Insurance on their tuition bill and will automatically receive an e-mail to their University e-mail account that informs them of this charge. Students will automatically be enrolled in the University offered health insurance plan unless they submit an electronic waiver compliance form by the waiver deadline that documents that they have outside health insurance that meets the published compliance standards.
All submitted outside health insurance information will be audited to ensure that the compliance standards are met. Students whose waivers are approved will then have the insurance charge removed from their tuition bill. Waivers will not be granted if the submitted outside insurance does not meet the compliance standards. In addition, waivers will not be granted for any waivers submitted after the waiver compliance deadline for the current semester.
Note that students who initially register for nine (9) or more credit hours, but subsequently drop below nine (9) credit hours before the waiver compliance deadline, will automatically have the insurance charge removed from their tuition bill and will not be covered by the University offered health insurance for the current semester.
For additional details of this requirement, including the University’s outside Health Insurance Compliance Standards, go to the following web address: www.mscd.edu/studentinsurance.
The Student Health Insurance office is located in the Plaza Building, Suite 149, and can be reached by calling 303-556-2525, Monday through Friday, during regular business hours.
