Full-time students (Undergraduates 12 hours / Graduates 9 hours / Doctorates 6 hours, or more, during each of the fall or spring semesters) are enrolled by the university in a State of Illinois mandated health insurance plan. Students will be billed every semester for the cost of the plan. Students who can provide evidence of equal or better coverage than offered in the plan have the option of waiving this requirement by the cancellation deadline announced prior to the beginning of each semester.

The cost of the plan for the 2010-2011 school year is $462.50 per semester. The cancellation deadlines for the fall 2010 semester is 5:00 PM Tuesday, August 31, 2010. On June 21, 2010 the Student Health Insurance Office sent an e-mail to all students regarding the cancellation deadline. Please access the "Change in Insurance Waiver Deadline and Cost for Fall Semester 2010", which was attached to that e-mail,  for further information

On August 3, 2010, the CSU community was informed of new procedures relating to the waiving of, or enrolling in, the Mandatory Injury and Sickness Health Insurance Plan. A scanned copy of the announcement may be viewed by clicking here. Please read this announcement carefully and make sure you have taken any appropriate action by the announced deadline.

The cancellation deadline for the spring 2011 semester has not yet been established.

The cost of the plan for the 2009-2010 school year is $460.00 per semester. The cancellation deadline for the fall 2009 semester was Friday, September 11, 2009. The cancellation deadline for the spring 2010 semester was Friday, February 5, 2010.

NO EXCEPTIONS can be made to published deadlines!

For more information please go to the Student Health Insurance web page.