Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 24, August 22, 2024
Section 108-1-2 - Student health care benefits plan(a) Each student shall be eligible to participate in the student health care benefits component of the state health care benefits program. Eligibility and participation shall be subject to terms, conditions, limitations, exclusions, and other provisions established by the commission. Participation in the student health care benefits component shall be voluntary. (b)(1) "Commission" means the Kansas state employees health care commission. (2) "Student" means any individual who is enrolled in one of the regents institutions, who is not eligible for coverage under K.A.R. 108-1-1, and who meets any criteria established by the commission regarding the minimum number of hours of coursework in which the individual must be enrolled or similar reasonable provisions related to the individual's status as a student. (3) "Regents institution" means a state educational institution as defined in K.S.A. 76-711, and amendments thereto. (c) Each student participating in the student health benefits component shall pay the costs of the coverage on a direct bill basis. (d) Any student enrolled in the student health care benefits component of the state health care benefits program may enroll a spouse and eligible dependent children, subject to the same conditions and limitations that apply to the student enrolled in accordance with this regulation. (e) An employer contribution in an amount determined by the commission shall be paid toward the cost of coverage under the student health care benefits component of the state health care benefits program for any student who meets both of the following conditions: (1) The student is enrolled in the student health care benefits component of the state health care benefits program. (2) The student is appointed for the current semester to a graduate teaching assistant or graduate research assistant position that is at least a 50% appointment. At the option of the regents institution appointing the student, concurrent appointments to more than one graduate teaching or graduate research positions that total at least a 50% appointment may be considered to meet this condition. Kan. Admin. Regs. § 108-1-2
Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 75-6501 and 75-6510; effective July 1, 1998; amended July 5, 2002.