NYFA requires all students attending long-term programs to purchase and maintain health insurance coverage for the duration of their time attending their NYFA programs.
To ensure compliance with NYFA’s policy of mandated health insurance coverage for long-term students, NYFA automatically enrolls and bills all 1-Year, 2-Year, AFA, BA, BFA, MA, and MFA students in the NYFA Student Health Insurance Plan (NYFASHIP). For all students attending long term programs, costs for student health insurance coverage will be billed to students’ accounts at the start of each term enrollment period.
All long-term NYFA students remain enrolled in NYFASHIP throughout their program duration and are responsible for paying the health insurance fees billed to their accounts, from the time of program start date and for the subsequent terms in which they remain enrolled in their academic programs.
Students who prefer to have and maintain alternative health insurance coverage may submit, each year or at designated times during the year, depending on program start dates, an application to waive out of NYFASHIP and dis-enroll from NYFASHIP coverage.
To dis-enroll from NYFASHIP, students must submit proof of comparable health insurance coverage by participating in the waiver application process. To effectively and continuously dis-enroll from NYFASHIP throughout program duration, students must successfully participate in the waiver application process at the time of program start date and for subsequent Fall(s)/August(s), for as long as they remain NYFA students.
NYFASHIP Terms of Enrollment
Students enrolled in NYFASHIP will receive health insurance coverage through NYFASHIP for the term enrollment periods spanning the time of program start date through Fall/August of the subsequent year. Fees for insurance coverage per each term enrollment will be billed to student accounts. Students beginning programs in Fall/August will be billed for Fall, Spring, and Summer terms of coverage (unless program graduation dates occur before the start dates of summer term enrollment). Students beginning programs in Spring/January will be billed for Spring and Summer terms of coverage. Students beginning programs in Summer/May will be billed for Summer terms of coverage. All students continuing in their programs beyond August will be automatically enrolled in NYFASHIP for the coming academic year (August-August) unless they dis-enroll from NYFASHIP for the coming year(s), through successful participation in the waiver application process.
Enrollment in NYFASHIP will be canceled or terminated if and only if: 1) a student’s waiver application has been approved; 2) a student has graduated from a NYFA program; and 3) a student has withdrawn or been dismissed from a NYFA program.
Upon graduation, leave of absence or withdrawal from a NYFA program, students will retain their insurance coverage until the term’s end date. Graduated students and students who withdraw from their programs for reasons unrelated to illness are not eligible to renew NYFASHIP enrollment for subsequent terms. Students taking an approved leave of absence or withdrawing from the college for reasons related to illness, as substantiated by medical documentation, may extend their insurance coverage for one year beyond the end date of their current term of coverage by choosing LOA coverage. Students who are graduating and approved for OPT may also extend their NYFASHIP enrollment for one year beyond the end date of their current term of coverage by choosing OPT coverage.
