Graduate Assistant Health Benefit Plan

Eligibility

Students meeting any of the following conditions are eligible to participate in the Plan. You  must be properly registered for the number of credits required for your job class or appointment.

1. Graduate Students with appointments of 195 hours or more (65 hours for summer term) per payroll semester in class titles

9511 (Teaching Assistant), 
9515 (Graduate Instructor),
9517 (Ph.D. Cand. Graduate Instructor), 
9518 (Advance Masters TA), 
9519 (Ph.D. Cand. W/24 thesis cred. TA), 
9521 (Research Assistant), 
9526 (Graduate Research Project Assistant), 
9527 (Ph.D. Cand. Grad Research Proj. Asst.), 
9528 (Advance Masters RA), 
9529 (Ph.D. Cand. W/24 thesis cred. RA), 
9531 (Administrative fellow), 
9532 (Advance Masters Admin. Fellow), 
9533 (PHD. Cand. W/24 thesis cred. AF), 
9535 (Professional Program Asst.), 
9571 (Summer Term TA), 
9572 (Summer Term RA), 
9573 (Summer Term AF), 
9574 (summer Session TA w/T. Ben.), 
9575 (Summer Session TA w/o T. Ben).

2.         Graduate Students with appointments in class titles 

9560 (Post-Doctoral Fellow) 
9561 (Graduate School Fellow) 
9562 (Graduate School Trainee) 
9564 (Professional School Fellow) or 9565 (Professional School Trainee) 
9566 (Graduate Fellow):

• who receive a stipend during the academic year equivalent to at least a 25% nine month graduate assistantship.
  
• and whose departments agree to pay the full departmental cost of coverage during the academic year.

3.         Graduate assistants holding hourly appointments of 195 hours or more per semester
(65 hours in summer), as estimated by their departments, are eligible for the Plan.

4.         Where a graduate assistant has more than one GA appointment, the appointments are combined to determine eligibility.

5.         Summer Contribution:
The University will contribute to the summer premium for graduate assistants who were  enrolled in the plan spring semester.  See summer information.

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