Enrollment

Automatic Enrollment

Basic or Comprehensive Plans: Most students are enrolled automatically in either the Basic or Comprehensive Plan as part of the course registration process. The insurance charge appears as a separate line item on tuition statements. To determine if you will be enrolled automatically, check the Eligibility and Automatic Enrollment Guide (PDF).

GSHIP: If you are a Graduate Assistant, Research Assistant, Teaching Assistant or specifically designated fully-funded graduate student for whom the University has agreed to pay your student health insurance fee, you will be automatically enrolled in the Graduate Student Health Insurance Plan (GSHIP). A Basic or Comprehensive insurance fee may initially appear on your Bursar's Statement of Account, but will be cancelled upon notification of your eligibility to Student Health Insurance Services by your program administrator.

If you are automatically enrolled in a plan and wish to change to a different plan, you may do so by completing the online enrollment process. Review your options and select the plan that best meets your needs before the applicable deadline. Your tuition bill will be adjusted accordingly.

Voluntary Enrollment

If you are eligible for coverage in an NYU-sponsored Student Health Insurance Plan, but are not enrolled automatically, you have the option to choose a plan before the enrollment deadline. You may do so by completing the online enrollment process.

Once the deadline has passed, you may not enroll or change your selection for the remainder of the academic year.

Important Enrollment Rules

• If you do not complete the online enrollment process by the appropriate deadline, the plan in which you are enrolled automatically will be in effect for all or any remaining part of the academic year with no option to change.
• If you paid the Fall semester only health insurance fee at the time of Fall registration (and not the annual fee)
• You will be automatically enrolled and billed Spring/Summer 2010 health insurance if and only if you are registered for classes in Spring 2010. There will be no option to change your insurance plan at that time.
• If you want to continue your insurance coverage, but are not matriculated for Spring 2010 classes, contact Student Health Insurance Services at 212-443-1020 or health.insurance@nyu.edu.
• Students who opted to pay the annual health insurance fee at the time of Fall registration will continue their coverage through August 20th, even if they are not registered for Spring 2010 classes.

Enrolling/Waiving Online

To ensure continued enrollment in the plan of your choice, you must complete the online enrollment/waiver process at the start of each academic year beginning in the Fall. Enroll or waive online today.

For more information, call SHC Student Health Insurance Services at 212-443-1020.

What happens if I don't complete the online enrollment/waiver process?

If you do not complete the online enrollment/waiver process, you...

• May be enrolled in and charged for insurance automatically according to the Automatic Enrollment Chart (PDF)
• May not be enrolled in the insurance plan of your choice
• May not be enrolled in ANY insurance plan
• May lose your insurance if you change your credit load

Enrollment in Other Options/Plans

To enroll in the following optional plans, access the appropriate link at the plan administrator's website (Consolidated Health Plan), contact Consolidated Health Plan at (877) 373-1170, or call Student Health Insurance Services at (212) 443-1020.

Links to Forms

• Insurance Leave of Absence - Basic Plan (PDF coming soon.)
• Insurance Leave of Absence - Comprehensive Plan (PDF coming soon.)
• Continuation Option
• Dependent Enrollment (Basic, Comprehensive, and GSHIP) - Completed applications and full payment must be submitted directly to Consolidated Health Plan at 2077 Roosevelt Avenue, Springfield, MA 01104 before the appropriate deadline.

Eligibility

You are eligible to enroll in an NYU-sponsored Student Health Insurance Plan if you meet any of the following criteria:

• Registered for one or more credits in a degree-granting program at NYU
• Maintaining matriculation (completing certain academic programs and not enrolled in classes)
• An international student with F-1 or J-1 visa status
• A spouse, same-sex partner or child of a student enrolled in the Basic, Comprehensive or GSHIP Plans

Not all students are eligible for coverage.

Students are not eligible for coverage under the NYU-sponsored plans if:

• they are in non-degree granting programs and are not F-1 or J-1 visa status
• they attend the Sackler Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, or NYU School of Medicine

In certain special situations, you may also be eligible as follows:

Leave of Absence

If you are on a leave of absence that was approved by the dean's office of your school, you may be eligible for enrollment in an NYU-sponsored Student Health Insurance Plan. Spring term applicants must have been enrolled in the plan during the immediately preceding Fall term to be eligible.

The application must be submitted with a copy of the official letter of approval from your dean's office. Applications received after the following deadline(s) will not be accepted:

Fall
September 30

Spring
February 10

Continuation Option

If you are covered under either the Basic, Comprehensive or GSHIP Plans and lose your eligibility to re-enroll due to graduation, transfer to another university, or withdrawal from NYU, you may be eligible to continue your coverage for an additional 1-month, 3-month or 6-month period for an additional cost. You must have been covered under the Basic, Comprehensive, or GSHIP Plans for at least 30 days in order to enroll in the Continuation Option.

Applications for the Continuation Option received after the following deadline(s) will not be accepted.

August 31, 2009, if you are not returning to NYU for Fall 2009.

You can choose from the following options:
Period 1: August 21, 2009 - September 30, 2009
Period 2: August 21, 2009 - November 30, 2009
Period 3: August 21, 2009 - February 28, 2010

Once you choose an option, you will be unable to renew the option after the initially selected period ends.

Eligibility and Automatic Enrollment Guide

Online Enrollment Process: Adding or dropping courses during the registration period may affect your automatic enrollment in an NYU-sponsored Student Health Insurance Plan. Completing the online enrollment process by the applicable deadline will ensure that your coverage is consistent.

• Eligibility and Automatic Enrollment Guide (PDF)

Students are not eligible for coverage under the NYU-sponsored plans if:

• they are in non-degree granting programs and are not F-1 or J-1 visa status
• they attend the Sackler Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, or NYU School of Medicine

Voluntary Enrollment: If you are eligible for coverage in an NYU-sponsored Student Health Insurance Plan, but are not enrolled automatically, you have the option to choose a plan before the enrollment deadline. You may do so by completing the online enrollment process.

Waiving the NYU-Sponsored Plans: If you maintain other insurance coverage that meets the University's requirements including coverage for inpatient and outpatient medical and mental health services equal to or greater than those of the Basic Plan, you may choose to waive the NYU-sponsored Student Health Insurance Plans.

Summer 2010: The rules for automatic enrollment for Summer 2010 differ greatly from the rules for Fall 2009/Spring 2010. Students in a degree-granting progrom who register for at least (1) credit during the summer will be enrolled automatically in and charged for a NYU-sponsored Student Health Insurance Plan unless(a) they previously were enrolled and charged in the previous spring term for spring/summer coverage or (b) they waived the insurance before the summer deadline.