CHANCELLORS
Delegation of Authority -- Minimum Benefit Criteria for Health
Insurance Coverage of Foreign Students
At their February, 1963 meeting, The Regents established that,
"effective September 1, 1963, the acquisition of health insurance
be a condition of registration in the University of California
for all foreign students and a condition of employment for all
foreign academic and nonacademic staff, except those persons in
the United States on permanent immigrant visas". The August 15,
1963 letter implementing this requirement (copy attached) listed
the minimum benefit criteria for health plans and health
insurance coverages to be provided. This list was updated for
foreign academic and staff personnel as noted on the attached
copy of page 28 of the Group Insurance and Health Plan
Regulations, effective January 1, 1973. For foreign students,
except for those who are also employees, no such updating of the
minimum criteria has taken place.
Effective immediately, therefore, the minimum benefit criteria
listed on the August 15, 1963 letter, as they apply to foreign
students, are hereby rescinded and, in keeping with the intent of
the July 16, 1973 delegation to each Chancellor of the authority
to determine the student health service program to be provided on
his campus, and the December 3, 1973 authorization given to each
Chancellor to negotiate and execute student health insurance
contracts for his campus, you are authorized to establish for
your campus the minimum benefit criteria for health insurance
coverage of foreign students.
C. O. McCorkle, Jr.
Attachments
cc: President Hitch
Vice Presidents
Assistant Vice President Everett
Special Assistant Powell
Principal Officers of The Regents