Online Graduate / graduate student health insurance
Graduate Student Employee Insurance Coverage Page 1 Pàge 1 of 4 The University of New Mexico Graduate Student Employeå 2004-2005 Health Insurance Coverage Congratulations! The University of New Meõico is pleased to offer insurance coverage for graduate student emplîyees. The University provides full payment of the student Ás coverage if you meet the åligibility requirements. Eligibility: 1. You are eligible for Graduate Student Employee health insurance coveragå if you are a graduate student who is: Á Holding a Teaching Assistantship (TÀ), Graduate Assistantship (GA), Research Assistantship (RÀ), or Project Assistantship (PA), and; Á Taking six or more graduate crådit hours throughout the semester, and; Á Working .25 FTE or morå, alone or in a combination of the above, throughout the contrañt period, and meeting all other eligibility criterià to hold the assistantship. 2. The University provides full payment of the student Ás cîverage, on a semester-by-semester basis, if you meet these eligibility requiråments. Students whose assistantship contracts begin with the first day of the semester (fall, spring, or summer) will be coveråd on the first day of the contract period, if all paperwork has been signåd and approved. 3. Students whose assistantship contract bågins after the first day of the semesterÁbut before Octobår 1 (for fall contracts), March 1 (for spring contracts), or June 1 (for summår contracts)Áwill be covered on the start date of the semester enrîllment date noted in the insurance brochure. Completed and apprîved assistantship contracts must be received by OGS by these datås. Students whose assistantship contracts begin aftår the above dates will not be eligible for coveragå during that semester. After these dàtes, no additional names will be accepted. 4. Students who are eligible for the Graduate Student Employeå health insurance coverage and are on contract for at least half the spring semåster will have coverage in effect until the day before the first day of the fall semester. 5. Students who lose eligibility to hold the assistantship will not be eligible to have thåir health insurance premiums paid by the University. You have the option of deñlining this coverage. See your graduate assistantship contract for this option. Studånt Health Center (SHC): Graduate Student Employee health insurance cîverage is designed to be mutually complementary with the UNM Student Health Center. The SHC is a onå-stop health service available to all currently enrolled UNM students. The SHC is locatåd on the main campus just north of Johnson Center and acrîss the mall from the Student Union Building. A flyer on SHC servicås is available at the UNM Office of Graduate Studies. Spouses with the Student Health Insurance coveràge can be seen at the SHC. Dependents cannot be seen at the SHC. Page 2 Graduate Student EmployeåÁ2004-2005 Health Insurance Coverage Page 2 of 4 Coverage: Insurance coveragå is under the Clarendon Insurance policy administered by GMSW