The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) created new Internal Revenue Service (IRS) reporting requirements for your Student Health Benefits. Under these reporting rules, information must be submitted to the IRS on behalf of all students enrolled in the Student Health Service (SHS) during the previous calendar year. This form is called the 1095-B for student health plans.
Therefore, SHS was required to supply certain information for each student and their enrolled family member to our third party administrator. The IRS also requires SHS to provide a statement of coverage (federal tax form 1095-B) to the primary covered person. If a student and/or family were enrolled in the SHS Benefit Plan, the student should receive a 1095-B form by U.S. postal mail.
The 1095-B form will contain the student’s name, address, date of birth, and Social Security Number (SSN) for you and for each covered member, and will include the months for which each individual was enrolled in coverage for at least one day. If a covered dependent does not have a SSN, the dependent’s date of birth will instead be reported on this form.
We will mail you a copy of your completed 1095-B form for your tax records.
More information about Form 1095-B and IRS reporting requirement is available on the IRS website by searching on Affordable Care Act tax provisions.