Adding a Dependent

Adding a dependent during open enrollment.

• Please do not upload documents more than once. If you had your dependent on the Student Insurance plan the previous semester, opt in, then allow up to 72 hours for a payment link to be sent to your Illinois email address.

• You may only add a dependent once you have opted-in each semester. 
   
• **A UIUC student cannot be a dependent of another UIUC student.  Such a situation requires both students to purchase individually.
   
• Use this link to add your dependent(s).
   
• You must first confirm your enrollment with UnitedHealthcare by filling out the enrollment form.  Once that has been completed you will be able to follow the instructions for dependent verifications.
   

• Adding a new dependent?  

• At least one of the documents listed below must be provided for each dependent prior to their enrollment being completed.  Documents must be in English.

Please upload documents 

Acceptable Documents to add dependents:

• Marriage Certificate
• Civil Union Certificate
• Certificate of Domestic Partnership or an equivalent certified document
• Birth Certificate
• MD Attestation for disabled dependents over the age of 26
• Guardianship Court Order or Letter signed by a judge, awarding legal guardianship
• 1040 Tax Return (1st and last pages w/signatures)
• J1 or F1 Visa (needs to include dependents name)
• Military Discharge Papers

• Dependent Born:  you have 31 days after the birth of a child/marriage to spouse to add them to your plan as a dependent.  Outside of this deadline you may only add dependents during the enrollment/change period.

Adding a dependent outside of open enrollment

• Qualifying life event - A dependent may only be added outside of open enrollment within 31 days of a qualifying life event. A qualifying life event is defined as:

  • Marriage or civil union
  • Birth of a child
  • Adoption of a child
  • Please review Healthcare.gov for additional potential QLEs.
     
• Loss of coverage
   
  • You may also add a dependent due to loss of other health insurance coverage during the current term. You will have 62 days from the loss of coverage to complete the following process. If you have lost your coverage, please email insure@illinois.edu.
     

• Health insurance coverage will date back to the day of the qualifying life event. The fee for dependent coverage cannot be pro-rated.