Student Health & Wellness Fee
All students enrolled at UConn are required to pay a Student Health and Wellness Fee per the fee schedules on the Bursar’s website. This fee supports essential services related to students' health and wellness.
Overview
Most students enrolled at UConn are required to pay the Student Health and Wellness Fee per the fee schedules on the Bursar’s website. Additionally, students enrolled at a Regional campus and living on the Storrs campus will be charged the fee as per these schedules.
Mandatory health and wellness fees are standard practice across the nation’s colleges and universities as a way to develop and maintain campus-wide programs and initiatives that promote and support student well-being. In addition, UConn’s Student Health and Wellness Fee offsets the costs for medical and mental health services, as well as health promotion and wellness activities. Providing health and wellness services for students is essential in supporting student success and academic excellence.
Even students who consider themselves healthy or who anticipate using an off-campus health care provider benefit from services covered by the fee, including:
· University-wide health and wellness initiatives benefiting the whole community, which focus on issues such as suicide prevention, alcohol and other drugs, sexual health, infectious disease prevention, and many more topics that affect student life.
The Student Health and Wellness Fee is not considered health insurance. Visit the sections below for more information on insurance requirements and billing.
What the SHaW Fee Covers
The Student Health and Wellness Fee enables us to offer these and other services at little or no extra charge:
- 24/7 Advice Nurse
- 24/7/365 On-Call for mental health support
- Let's Talk (Drop in and Consultation)
- Initial assessment
- Case Management
- Mental Health Crisis Intervention/Immediate Support Services
- Suicide Prevention Week
- Fresh Check Mental Health Awareness Day
- Campus-wide Flu Clinics
- Immunization Compliance
- American College Health Association and CORE Student Health Surveys
- Mindfulness Workshops
- Stress Reduction Workshops
- Online Mental Health Screening Tools
- Mental Health Screening Tool
- AlcoholEdu Mandatory Education Program for all new students (Stamford Campus only)
- Alcohol and Marijuana Screening and Intervention (Stamford Campus only)
- UConn Recovery Community (URC)
- Alcohol and Drug Education
- Sexual Health Education
- Good Sleep Habits Education
- Pet Therapy
Coverage Requirements
Students may choose to be covered through:
- a personal insurance policy,
- a plan carried by their parents, or
- the group policy sponsored by the University, which is sold and administered through Wellfleet-Cigna Health Plan.
University Insurance Plan- Need to revise- Storrs based vs Non-Storrs based
Enrollment in the University-sponsored Insurance Plan
The University uses what is called a “hard waiver” system to assure student health insurance coverage. This means that most full-time students will be AUTOMATICALLY enrolled in and billed for the UConn-sponsored Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP).
While most full time students are automatically billed for the UConn SHIP, it is advised that ALL students check their tuition fee bill to determine whether the fee for the health insurance has been posted. If the charge has not been posted you may still be eligible to voluntarily enroll in the SHIP. To voluntarily enroll please call 860-486-4535.
The current University-sponsored plan is described in the plan brochures linked below. The plan is fully compliant with federal regulation mandates and offers preventative care. We urge you to carefully read the brochure and compare with what your other coverage provides.
University-Sponsored Health Insurance Policies
Health Insurance Waiver
The Health Insurance Waiver becomes available on or after June 1st.
If you have other medical health insurance coverage (either through an employer based plan or a family plan), you can decline/waive the UCONN SHIP. Your other/alternative coverage must be active the first day of classes and remain active throughout all semesters that you are actively enrolled in.
To decline/waive-out, you must use the Health Insurance Waiver in the PeopleSoft Financial system. Instructions on where to find and complete the waiver can be found at Waiver Instructions – Student Administration System.
You must complete a waiver at the start of each school year
PRIOR TO THE WAIVER DEADLINE(s)
September 15th (for fall students) February 5th (for new, spring students)
NOTE: It is strongly suggested that you review your alternative coverage to determine your plan's payable benefits for services performed at our facility.
- Many carriers have specific reimbursement rules related to out of area care or care rendered by out of network providers.
- Review your plan's deducible/coinsurance limits. Many plans have high patient deductibles or coinsurance amounts that will need to be met before any services would be paid by the carrier.
Failure to complete a waiver prior to the deadline will result in automatic enrollment, at which time you will be responsible for payment of the annual premium.
* NOTE: It is strongly suggested that you review of your alternative coverage to determine your plan’s payable benefits for services performed at our facility. Many carriers have specific reimbursement rules related to out-of-area care or care rendered by out-of-network providers. In addition, many plans have high deductibles that may need to be met before any services will be considered payable.
