{"id":4395,"date":"2017-11-23T12:07:06","date_gmt":"2017-11-23T20:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/?page_id=4395"},"modified":"2026-07-05T08:38:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T15:38:34","slug":"gaip-summer-quarter-coverage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/insurance\/health\/graduate-appointees-options\/gaip-summer-quarter-coverage\/","title":{"rendered":"GAIP: Summer quarter coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"cursor:pointer\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #000000;color:#000000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #000000;color:#000000\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/insurance\/health\/graduate-appointees-options\/gaip-summer-quarter-coverage\/#Eligibility-for-summer-coverage\" >Eligibility for summer coverage<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/insurance\/health\/graduate-appointees-options\/gaip-summer-quarter-coverage\/#Positions-starting-during-summer\" >Positions starting during summer<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/insurance\/health\/graduate-appointees-options\/gaip-summer-quarter-coverage\/#Fellows-and-trainees-with-stipends\" >Fellows and trainees with stipends<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/insurance\/health\/graduate-appointees-options\/gaip-summer-quarter-coverage\/#Graduate-research-student-assistant\" >Graduate research student assistant<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/insurance\/health\/graduate-appointees-options\/gaip-summer-quarter-coverage\/#Self-pay-option-during-summer\" >Self-pay option during summer<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/insurance\/health\/graduate-appointees-options\/gaip-summer-quarter-coverage\/#Dependent-coverage-during-summer\" >Dependent coverage during summer<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>You\u2019re covered by GAIP for the summer if you had UW-paid coverage during the previous three quarters\u00a0(fall, winter, and spring quarters). In this case, you&#8217;re automatically enrolled\u00a0in summer coverage, and you remain covered even if you aren\u2019t working or taking classes during the summer. Coverage ends on September 30.<\/p>\n<p>If you weren\u2019t covered by GAIP during the past three quarters and you want to qualify for summer coverage, check your eligibility by reading the section below.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Eligibility-for-summer-coverage\"><\/span>Eligibility for summer coverage<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you do not automatically qualify for\u00a0GAIP coverage during the summer quarter, you may be eligible for coverage due to one of the circumstances below.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Positions-starting-during-summer\"><\/span>Positions starting during summer<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The UW pays the monthly premium for student appointees with <a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/insurance\/health\/graduate-appointees\/gaip-information-departments\/\">eligible summer quarter positions<\/a>. To be eligible, you must be enrolled in at least two credits in at least one session; the position must be 50% or greater FTE, and paid in two pay periods, and you must hold a GAIP-eligible position.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Fellows-and-trainees-with-stipends\"><\/span>Fellows and trainees with stipends<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The UW pays the monthly premium for Fellows and Trainees in <a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/insurance\/health\/graduate-appointees\/gaip-information-departments\/\">eligible summer quarter positions<\/a>. To be eligible, you must be enrolled in at least two credits in at least one session; the position must be paid at least $800 per month, and paid in two pay periods; and you must hold a GAIP-eligible position.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Graduate-research-student-assistant\"><\/span>Graduate research student assistant<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in;background: white\"><span style=\"color: #3d3d3d\">Students working as Graduate Research Student Assistants (job code 10854) may also qualify for UW-Paid GAIP coverage due to hourly employment. To qualify, the student must work the number of hours equivalent to 50% FTE for two pay periods during summer quarter. Hours worked in another position are not included. Coverage begins retroactively to the first of the month in which the student met the equivalent 50% FTE requirement for the second pay period. This hourly position is limited to the summer quarter only.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Self-pay-option-during-summer\"><\/span>Self-pay option during summer<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in;background: white\"><span style=\"color: #3d3d3d\">If you held a UW-paid, GAIP-eligible position in spring, you can continue your GAIP coverage on a self-pay basis by completing and returning the self-pay election notice\u00a0that LifeWise mails to you after mid-July.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in;background: white\"><span style=\"color: #3d3d3d\">If you held a UW-paid GAIP-eligible position in fall or winter, subsequently lost your UW-paid coverage, enrolled in the self-pay option at the time you lost your coverage, you can continue self-paying through the summer, until September 30.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Dependent-coverage-during-summer\"><\/span>Dependent coverage during summer<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Your dependent enrollment status from spring quarter (if any) will be maintained throughout summer quarter, unless you elect to add or delete dependents by the summer quarter dependent enrollment deadline.<\/p>\n<p>Since no payroll deductions will be taken during summer quarter, you will be billed directly by LifeWise for dependent coverage premiums. <strong>Payment must be made in full to LifeWise for the entire summer quarter on or before July 31. Failure to pay this billing will result in loss of dependent coverage.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you do not receive an invoice from LifeWise by the middle of July, you need to contact LifeWise at 1-800-421-3531.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enroll in summer coverage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"parent":4483,"menu_order":20,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-4395","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4395"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10493,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4395\/revisions\/10493"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}