Archive 2025-2026

Follow these steps to access your ID card:

1. Create an account with Academic HealthPlans (AHP)
2. After registering with AHP, create an account with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas. To create your account, you will need to use your Member ID number.
3. Once both accounts are created, you can access your ID card using the BCBSTX App. Visit the link below to learn more about your ID card.

   Get to know your BCBSTX Member ID Card

Follow these steps to find your Member ID:

1. Visit academichealthplans.com/findCoverage
2. Enter your school issued student ID number and date of birth
3. Click "Submit"

The Affordable Care Act set reporting requirements related to minimum essential coverage. Individuals no longer have to show proof of health coverage, but insurers and employers are still required to report to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) about the coverage they provide or offer.

• The IRS doesn’t require insurers to automatically mail 1095-B/C forms to members, so we don’t mail forms to members unless students request a copy.
• Those forms are available on Blue Access for Members. Members can also call the number on their ID card to request a physical copy or visit the web page - TaxInfoTX.com

Health Institution Students (Hard Waiver)
All Health Institutions and medical students are automatically enrolled in the Student Health Insurance Plan at registration unless proof of comparable coverage is furnished.

International Students (Mandatory)
All international students holding non-immigrant visas are required to purchase this Student Health Insurance Plan in order to complete registration, except for those students who provide proof of comparable coverage in writing.

All Other Students (Voluntary)

Voluntary Undergraduate Students
All fee-paying Undergraduate Students taking at least seven (7) credit hours each semester at a UT System Institution(s) are eligible to enroll in SHIP.

Voluntary Graduate Students
All fee-paying Graduate Students taking at least four (4) credit hours each semester at a UT System Institution(s) are eligible to enroll in SHIP.

Voluntary Graduate Student Employee and SUPER Scholars are eligible to enroll in SHIP.

Other Voluntary Students
Students working on research, dissertation, or thesis, post doctorate, scholars, fellows, visiting scholars, ESL program students, Fast Track Degree Program students, students who are deemed full-time by the campus Disability Services department, or other groups with reduced coursework that meet the criteria for exemption as defined and approved by UT System are eligible to enroll in SHIP.

Summer Undergraduate Students
All fee-paying Summer Undergraduate Students taking at least four (4) credit hours at a UT System Institution(s) are eligible to enroll in SHIP.

Summer Graduate Students
All fee-paying Summer Graduate Students taking at least two (2) credit hours each semester at a UT System Institution(s) are eligible to enroll in SHIP.

Click the button below to Enroll Yourself and/or Dependent(s) in Medical Coverage.

Click the button below to enroll in Medical Insurance if you meet the requirements of a Qualifying Event. 

If you are enrolled in UT Select and moving to UT SHIP or vice versa and will experience a GAP in coverage at the beginning of the semester, you will enroll in this one month option to "bridge" that GAP. Do not enroll in this coverage if this does not apply to your situation. Click the button below to Enroll in UT Gap Coverage. Eligibility will be verified upon submission of an enrollment application.

Student's and/or Dependent's Dental premium is paid directly to AHP. All students and their eligible dependents (spouse and dependents from age 19 up to the age of 26) are eligible to enroll in the standalone dental plan. The student must enroll in order to add dependent coverage under the dental plan. Children under age of 19 may be enrolled in Optional Dental if they are not enrolled in UT Student Health Insurance Medical Plan. Pediatric Dental coverage up to the age of 19 is automatically included in the medical plan at no additional cost.

Online Enrollment Periods

Fall - 05/17/2025 - 07/18/2025

Spring/Summer - 11/15/2025 - 01/13/2026

Online Enrollment Periods

Fall - 05/17/2025 - 07/18/2025

Spring/Summer - 11/15/2025 - 01/13/2026