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SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

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MEMORANDUM

Members of Senate

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Student Hospital and Medical

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Insurance Coverage

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K. Strand

President

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August 18,

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1972

For Information

At its meeting held on July 10, 1972, Senate passed

the following resolutions:

That all students be required to have approved

hospital and medical insurance coverage from

the 73-1 semester onward as a condition of

registration.

That Senate draw to the attention of the Board

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of Governors the motion just passed, and suggest

that it may wish to consider the merits of a fee

and the possible merits of some form of cost

sharing.

At the Board of Governors meeting held on July

18, 1972, the Board passed the following motion:

That students who are not Canadian citizens

be assessed a. fee to cover the lowest applicable

premium for medical and hospital insurance.

The fee to be refunded or deleted if the student

provides evidence of approved medical and

hospital insurance coverage.

At the same meeting, the Board referred the question of cost sharing

to the University Relations Committee of the Board for consideration.

At the Board of Governors meeting held on August 15,

1972 the Board accepted the recommendation from the University

Relations Committee and passed the following motion:

That the fee to be charged non-Canadians

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without medical and hospital insurance be

the actual cost of such insurance, with a.

carrier approved by the Director of University

Health Services and without cost sharing by the

University.