The purpose of this policy is to ensure students have adequate health insurance.

This policy applies to all active, full- and part-time undergraduate, graduate, and medical students.

All registered students will be automatically enrolled in and billed for the Brown University Student Health Insurance Plan. Participation in this Student Health Insurance Plan is required unless a waiver is completed and submitted each academic year by the waiver deadline.

For the purpose of this policy, the term below has the following definition:

Student Health Insurance Plan: Designed to protect against unexpected medical expenses and to meet most students’ needs throughout the policy year.

All individuals to whom this policy applies are responsible for becoming familiar with and following this policy. University supervisors and employees with student oversight duties are responsible for promoting the understanding of this policy and for taking appropriate steps to help ensure and enforce compliance with it.

Failure to comply with this and related policies is subject to disciplinary action, up to and including suspension without pay, or termination of employment or association with the University, in accordance with applicable (e.g., staff, faculty, student) disciplinary procedures.

Brown University is a community in which employees are encouraged to share workplace concerns with University leadership. Additionally, Brown’s Anonymous Reporting Hotline allows anonymous and confidential reporting on matters of concern online or by phone (877-318-9184).

The following information complements and supplements this document. The information is intended to help explain this policy and is not an all-inclusive list of policies, procedures, laws and requirements.