ELIGIBILITY
Staying healthy is essential to your academic success. The Montana University System requires all Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ taking six (6) or more credits, and paying mandatory fee to have and maintain major medical insurance while they are attending school each Fall/Spring semester.
The student health insurance plan, underwritten by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana, is offered as an option to satisfy the requirement.
- Coverage is available for active registered Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ only. There is no coverage for spouses/dependents.
- Because the student insurance plan is not an employee offered plan, COBRA is not an option for Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ no longer eligible for the coverage (graduation/no longer a student/etc.).
- Students taking 1-5 credits, may be eligible to petition to enroll into the student health insurance plan. To be eligible to petition, Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ must have been enrolled in the student health insurance plan the previous semester, and must not have a previously approved petition. For a Petition application, Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ must send a request from an official Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ student email account to studentinsurance@mso.umt.edu. Please, include 790#.
ENROLLMENT
During the registration process, a directive box will appear instructing Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ to make an insurance declaration. At this time, Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ may opt to enroll into the student insurance plan. **Please, be sure to review plan information found by visiting the STUDENT HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN section of this site prior to making this selection.**
IMPORTANT: Students MUST complete their school enrollment/finalize their registration in order to activate plan enrollment. They can contact the Student Accounts office at UMStudentaccts@mso.umt.edu with questions regarding this process.
A NOTE FROM FINANCIAL AID
Students who are utilizing federal funding to pay for their education, and wish to include the student insurance plan in the disbursement, must sign a Title IV form authorizing this. Please, contact the Financial Aid office at 406-243-5373 or faid@mso.umt.edu with questions, or for further information.
INSURANCE SELECTION CHANGES
Requests to change a student's initial declaration must be received by the Student Insurance Office BEFORE the 15th class day. Please see "Refusing/Purchasing Student Insurance" in the left hand navigation pane for more information and instructions.
For questions, or more information, please contact the Student Insurance Advocate at 406-243-2844, or studentinsurance@mso.umt.edu.