At 12:51 PM 05/04/2000 -0600, you wrote: >At the University of New Mexico we are trying to put in place a health >insurance plan for TAs and RAs. The funding became available recently >for students paid through I&G funds, and we are now scrambling to complete >our planning before the semester ends. We would appreciate your responses >to the questions below. Please e-mail your response to me >directly at xxxxxx@unm.edu. > > Thank you in advance for your assistance. I would be glad to post a >summary of the >responses received. > >Ann Powell >Special Assistant to the Associate Provost for Research >Office of Research Services >University of New Mexico >Phone: (505) 277-2256 >FAX: (505) 277-5567 > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Health Insurance for Graduate TAs and RAs > >Please take a few minutes to answer the following questions related to >health insurance for graduate students holding assistantships. In the >questions below, TAs refer to students holding Teaching Assistantships >or other similar positions, generally paid from unrestricted (I&G) >funds. RAs refer to students holding Research Assistantships or similar >positions, generally paid from restricted funds. Thank you in advance >for completing these questions. Please feel free to add additional >comments to your responses. > > > TA=Teaching Assistant or similar positions >RA=Research Assistant or similar positions > > > > 1. Please indicate with a YES or NO if you subsidize (or will be > subsidizing in Fall 2000) any part of the health insurance premium for: > TAs > RAs > > 1a. If you do subsidize the health insurance premium, are students > able to maintain their FICA exemption? If so, how do you accomplish this? > > > > IF YOU ANSWERED "NO" FOR BOTH TAs and TAs, NO FURTHER RESPONSE IS >NECESSARY. > > > 2. What is the total cost of the premium for each participant? > TAs > RAs > > > 3. How much of this cost, if any, is paid by the student? > TAs > RAs > > > 4. Please indicate with a YES or NO if you subsidize (or will be >subsidizing in Fall 2000) any part of the health insurance premium for: > Spouses/dependents of TAs > Spouses/dependents of RAs > > > 5. What is the total cost of the premium for the spouses/dependents > and how much do you subsidize for: > Spouses/dependents of TAs > Spouses/dependents of RAs > > > 6. What is the FTE eligibility requirement for subsidized health care > premiums for: > TAs > RAs > > 6a. If the FTE drops below the minimum during the semester, what > happens? > > > > 7. What is the minimum credit hour enrollment for subsidized health > care premiums for: > TAs > RAs > > > 7a. If the student's credit hour enrollment drops below the minimum > during the semester, what happens? > > > > 8. Please specify any additional eligibility requirements for > subsidized health care premiums for: > TAs > RAs > > >9. Do you subsidize the health insurance premium semester by semester > or by the year? > > > 10. If a student on an assistantship in the fall semester is not > continued on the assistantship in the spring semester, do you pay the > premium for the spring semester or just the semester in which the > student held the assistantship? > > > > 11. If a student is on an assistantship both fall and spring > semesters, do you pay the premium during the summer? > > > 12. What health insurance plan do you offer graduate students holding > TAs or RAs? > The health insurance plan offered to all students > The health insurance plan offered by the National Association of > Graduate-Professional Students > Provide students a set amount to be applied to their plan of > choice > Other (please specify) > > > 13. Is health insurance mandatory for all TAs and RAs? > > > 14. If you answered YES to #13, is there a Hard Waiver out of the > plan (e.g., students certify that they have comparable coverage > elsewhere)? > > > 15. Who oversees the administration of your subsidized health > insurance plan for graduate students? > > > > 16. Do you recover the costs of RA health insurance from contracts > and grants? If so, what are the mechanics? > > > 17. What is the total number of graduate students at your > institution? > > > 18. How many of these graduate students hold an assistantship (TA, > RA, or both)? > > > 19. How many of these students with assistantships participate in the > health insurance premium subsidy? > > > 20. Do you include a tuition waiver for graduate students holding TAs > and RAs? If so, what are the details (e.g., full waiver, non-resident > waiver, etc.)? What is the dollar value of this waiver? > > > 21. What other benefits are offered to graduate students on > assistantships at your institution? > > >22. Are you from a small, medium or large institution? > > >23. Are you from a public or private institutionk? > > >24. Approximately what was your volume of sponsored awards (FY99)? > > > > Thank you for taking the time to answer these questions. > > >====================================================================== > Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including > subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available > via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") >====================================================================== I will be out of the office on Monday, May 8th and Tuesday, May 9th. If you need assistance, please contact Ms. Janice Haney at (312) 567-3035. Thank you. ****************************************************** Domenica G. Pappas Phone 312-567-3035 Assistant Director Fax 312-567-6980 Office of Sponsored Research xxxxxx@iit.edu Illinois Institute of Technology 3300 S. 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