Medical Services Fee

   

Purpose:

 

To allow for the establishment of a fee for medical services

 

Date Approved:

 

August 12, 1993

 

Background:

 

The 73rd Texas Legislature added a new Section 54.5089 to the Texas Education Code that authorizes the charge and collection of a medical services fee at certain public institutions of higher education, including components of U. T. System.  Fees collected under Section 54.5089 may be used only to provide medical services to registered students and is not to be considered in determining the maximum compulsory student services fee at each institution.

 

The statute was amended by the 76th Texas Legislature in 1999 to allow increases in the fee of not more than 10% in a year and up to $75 per semester, without a student vote.

 

NOTE:  The following policy is provided as a historical background and does not necessarily reflect current information on institutional authority and rates.

 

 

Policy on Establishment of a Medical Services Fee

 

 

The following component institutions of the U. T. System are authorized to establish a medical services fee effective with the Fall Semester 1993, subject to appropriate consultation by students and administrators regarding the types and scope of medical services to be provided:

 

                                                         Rate for Semester or               Rate for Short

            Institution                               Full Summer Session              Summer Terms

 

            U. T. Arlington                                    $25.00                            $12.50

            U. T. Dallas                                         20.00                              13.33

            U. T. San Antonio                                12.00                               6.00

            U. T. Southwestern

              Medical Center - Dallas                      55.00                              25.00

            U. T. Medical Branch -

              Galveston                                          55.00                              25.00

 

Further, the U. T. System Administration was authorized to approve future requests for increases in the above fees and requests from other U. T. System component institutions to establish a medical services fee not to exceed $55 per semester or summer session or $25 per six-week or shorter summer term to be effective upon recommendation of the chief administrative officer, assurance that students and administrators have been consulted with regard to the types and scope of medical services to be provided, approval by the respective Executive Vice Chancellor, and submission for Regental approval via the institutional docket.

 

Before charging a medical services fee, students and administrators must be given an opportunity to offer recommendations to the U. T. Board of Regents as to the type and scope of medical services that should be provided.  Students and administrators at the institutions requesting authorization to assess the fee have been, or will be, consulted regarding the amount of the fee and the services to be provided.

 

 

Last reviewed September 2000