This premium is automatically added and then subtracted from the employee's paycheck each month. All eligible employees are covered under the UT System Employee Heath Plan and may choose between three to four different carriers. Benefits include medical and dental coverage and optional vision, life, accidental death and dismemberment, and long-term disability insurance. New employees have 60 days to choose between the different carriers and optional insurance coverage offered by the University. The official period of coverage each year is from September 1 - August 31.
International students are subject to special insurance requirements.
Please read below for additional information particular to teaching assistants, assistant instructors, graduate research assistants, training grant appointees, fellowship recipients, and international students. July 16 - August 31 Insurance coverage for a student appointed as a TA or AI through May 31 will continue for the summer, even if he or she is not appointed during the summer. If the student has no summer appointment, premium sharing for June, July, and August will be added and then subtracted from the May paycheck. New TAs should attend the orientation for TAs offered by the College of Natural Sciences each August. A package of benefits information, including descriptions of the different carriers and enrollment forms, will be distributed at the meeting.