1. Health Service Fee

The Health Service Fee is for services and programs provided directly by Health and Related Services. It is separate from the charge for Student Health (Medical) Insurance and is mandatory for all full-time students (including students who are registered for full-time Matriculation and Fees); students living in University housing; and part-time students who have elected to enroll in Columbia’s Student Medical Insurance Plan. Part-time students who do not elect to enroll in Columbia’s Student Medical Insurance Plan may choose to enroll in Health Services only. See http://www.health.columbia.edu/docs/about_us/hsc/fees.html for the fee schedule. 

2. Insurance

All registered full-time students (see definition of full-time in Section VI in GSAS Rules and Regulations) and students living in Columbia housing are automatically enrolled in the Basic level of the Columbia Student Medical Insurance Plan (offered through Chickering Benefit Planning Insurance Agency) and are billed each term for the health insurance premium if no valid waiver request is submitted. Please note that such students must also confirm their specific insurance selection every year by actively enrolling in the Basic or Comprehensive level of the Plan or by requesting a waiver of automatic enrollment in the Columbia Student Medical Insurance Plan and demonstrating coverage under another comparable policy. For further information on medical insurance see. 

Part-time students may choose to enroll in the Columbia Student Medical Insurance Plan, but any student enrolled in Columbia’s Student Medical Insurance Plan must also pay the Health Service Fee for use of Columbia’s Health Services (see above). Part-time students who have been insured under the Columbia Student Medical Insurance Plan in previous years and wish to enroll again must re-enroll by September 30 in order to avoid a break in coverage for conditions that existed in the prior policy years. For further information on medical insurance see http://www.health.columbia.edu/docs/csmip/enrollment/.

See also Section V.I in this Handbook for a description of services; the main Web page of Health services may be found at http://www.health.columbia.edu/.