Archive 2023-2024

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All registered Undergraduate Domestic students taking six (6) or more credit hours {three (3) or more credit hours in the summer} are eligible to enroll in the insurance plan. Undergraduate Domestic students may complete their enrollment online.

All registered International students on non-immigrant visas, taking one (1) or more credit hours are required to participate in the Baylor University Student Health Insurance Plan. Although students are welcome to submit an application for a waiver, in order to have such waiver approved, the plan submitted must be equivalent to the University Student Health Insurance Plan in all material respects.

All J Scholars and students on campus for Academic Research or Study are required to participate in the Baylor University Student Health Insurance Plan.

International, J Scholars and students on campus for Academic Research or to Study are automatically enrolled in the Student Health Insurance Plan and the cost of the plan will appear on your tuition bill. Please contact Student Health Services for more information.

Graduate Students taking three (3) or more credit hours, including online graduate students, are required to enroll in the insurance plan unless comparable coverage is provided by the required deadline. Students may complete the enrollment online.

All registered Seminary Students taking five (5) or more credit hours {three (3) or more credit hours in the summer} are eligible to enroll in the insurance plan.

Enrollment will be verified each semester. You must meet the required credit hours for each semester enrolled. For students applying for new SHIP coverage to be active for a Summer semester, additional enrollment requirements will apply.

Dependent coverage is available. Students and their dependents will NOT be automatically re-enrolled.

(Includes International Undergraduates and Graduate Students)

Open Enrollment Periods

Fall: 07/10/2023 – 09/05/2023

Spring/Summer: 11/28/2023 – 01/23/2024

Summer: 04/19/2024 - 05/31/2024

Open Enrollment Periods

Fall: 07/10/2023 – 09/05/2023

Spring/Summer: 11/28/2023 – 01/23/2024

You will receive the link to enroll from the Baylor University Health Services Offices.

Click the button below to email the Business Manager in the Health Services Office.

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Continuation of Coverage is only available to Insured Students and covered dependents who have graduated or are no longer eligible for coverage under the Baylor University Student Health Insurance Plan. Covered students must have been insured in the semester prior to termination.  (Dental continuation is not available.) Enrollment for this coverage must be submitted within 30 days of the end of prior coverage.
 
Click the button below to Enroll in Continuation Insurance if you are no longer eligible for coverage as a student after 08/01/2023.

Click Here to Enroll 

Continuation Cost Sheet

If you have self-reported to Baylor University that you are active-duty military or a veteran, you are exempt from the student health insurance requirement. No action is required to opt-out of the student health plan, and you will not be charged the for the student health plan on your tuition bill.

If you need to report your military or veteran status, please contact the Graduate College for assistance.

Law students, Seminary students, and Social Work students enroll in Baylor University’s student health plan on a voluntary basis. You will not be charged for the student health plan on your tuition bill. There is no need to formally opt-out of coverage. If you do not wish to be enrolled in Baylor’s student health plan, no action is required.

Domestic Undergraduate students enroll in Baylor University’s student health plan on a voluntary basis. You will not be charged for the student health plan on your tuition bill. There is no need to formally opt-out of coverage. If you do not wish to be enrolled in Baylor’s student health plan, no action is required.

International Students will be automatically enrolled in Baylor University’s student health plan. There is not option to opt-out through Academic HealthPlans. Please contact the Insurance Advisor, Lisa Bland for assistance.

Baylor students not currently enrolled in Dental coverage can enroll themselves and their dependents for BCBS Dental coverage during the open-enrollment timeframes listed below: 

BCBSTX Adult Dental Plan

BCBSTX Dental Policy

Enrollment for BCBS Dental has ended on 01/24/2024.