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Undergraduate students must be enrolled in at least nine (9) credit hours of classes that are a part of the student's degree plan each fall and spring semester, and be in a degree-seeking program.

Graduate Students (non employed) must be enrolled in at least five (5) credit hours of classes each fall and spring semester.

Degree plans for undergraduate and graduate students must be on file with the University Registrar's Office.

Students who are enrolled in less than the required hours as outlined above may be determined to be eligible for this Student Health Insurance Plan if the student meets one of the approved exceptions as defined by The Texas A&M University System Benefits Administration office. 

Exceptions to requirements noted above:

• Undeclared undergraduate students classified as freshman or sophomore enrolled in at least nine (9) credit hours of classes
• Reduced hours due to final semester of degree program/graduating (this exception can only be used once)
• Student is participating in an internship/residency as part of their degree program
• Individual is a Ph.D. student, has completed all coursework and is in the dissertation phase (ABD) of degree program as verified by the University Registrar
• Classes for degree plan are not available in current semester
• A Leave of Absence for a single semester approved by your school (not medically related)
• A Leave of Absence approved by your school's University Registrar, due to medical reasons, not to exceed one year
• Students enrolled in a stand-alone graduate certificate program that is approved to receive financial aid (semester credit hour enrollment requirement still applies)

The A&M System Office will verify your student status with the University Registrar each fall and spring semester, to ensure you meet the eligibility requirements. At the time you enroll in the Student Health Insurance Plan, you must be registered/enrolled in the appropriate number of credit hours as indicated above. The System Benefits Administration Office will begin the eligibility audit on your school’s census date. If it is determined that eligibility requirements have not been met for the coverage you are enrolled in, your coverage will be retroactively voided to the beginning of the coverage period and AHP will refund you the premium paid.

Students on an F1 or J1 visa are required to maintain approved health insurance coverage continuously while enrolled and attending a Texas A&M University System institution. F1 and J1 students will be bursar billed and automatically enrolled in the Student Health Insurance Plan.

Dependent coverage is available.

• an Insured’s lawful spouse; or
• an Insured’s Child(ren);
• “Child(ren)” used hereafter in this Policy, means a natural child(ren), a stepchild(ren), foster child(ren), adopted child(ren), (including a child(ren) for whom a Student is a party in a suit in which the adoption of the child(ren) is sought), a child(ren) of a Student’s child(ren), grandchild(ren), child(ren) for whom a Student is the legal guardian under 26 years of age, regardless of presence or absence of a child’s financial dependency, residency, student status, employment status, marital status, eligibility for other coverage or any combination of those factors