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Health Insurance
Massachusetts State Law requires all students registered for 9 or more credits to be covered by a qualifying student health insurance program or be enrolled in a health care plan that meets minimum state-determined requirements. To comply with this law, all MassArt undergraduate and graduate students taking 9 or more credits must either waive or enroll in the MassArt Student Health Insurance Plan by July 14, 2023.
The MassArt Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP) for the 2023-2024 Policy Year is through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. The annual premium is $3,779 and is effective from August 1, 2023 through July 31, 2024.
For questions about MassArt's Health Insurance, please contact the University Health Plans at 1-833-251-1710 or contact the Counseling and Wellness Center at counseling@massart.edu.
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Students must waive or enroll in MassArt's health insurance annually.
International Students: Unless you are an exchange student, MassArt does not accept international health insurance. All international students must enroll in the MassArt student health insurance plan.
Required Immunizations and Health Records
Massachusetts state law requires each college to have on file a complete record of immunizations for all full-time undergraduate and graduate students. As such, students in these programs must provide complete documentation.
MassArt has moved to an online portal called CastleBranch that tracks immunization and vaccination information. Please go to this online portal, hosted by CastleBranch, to submit your immunization and vaccination information. Students will place a new order with their Student ID number. After signing up as a MassArt student, this portal will be available to you regardless of your MassArt status, including post-graduation, to obtain immunization records.
All new students must provide documentation via the CastleBranch portal by Monday, June 30, 2023. Students who have not submitted complete documentation will not be allowed on campus.
If you have a medical or religious reason to decline to be immunized and/or vaccinated, you will be able to submit documentation through the CastleBranch portal using the website above.
General questions regarding immunizations may be directed to the Immunizations Team at immunizations@massart.edu.
If you are experiencing issues with the CastleBranch website regarding your user account, please contact the CastleBranch User Experience Team at userexperience@castlebranch.com or call 910.815.3880. The chat option is also available through your CastleBranch account under the FAQ dropdown.
CastleBranch's User Experience Team is available: Monday-Thursday 8:00 am - 8:00 pm, Friday 8:00 am - 6:30pm, and Sunday 10:00 am - 6:30pm.
required for new students
For new students, please upload documentation for the following required immunizations:
- Hepatitis B Vaccine: 3 doses. If 18 or older, we can accept 2 doses of Heplisav-B instead
- Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR): 2 doses
- Meningococcal (Meningitis) Vaccine: 1 dose for newly enrolled full-time students, within 5 years before enrollment. 2 doses if dose 1 was given before age of 16
- Tetanus-Diphtheria-Pertussis (Tdap) booster: 1 dose of Tdap within the last 10 years
- Varicella (Chickenpox) Vaccine: 2 doses
- In place of the MMR and Hepatitis B vaccines, laboratory evidence of immunity may also be provided. In the case of Varicella, MassArt will also accept statement signed by a nurse practitioner, physician assistant, or designee that the student has a reliable history of chickenpox disease; a self-reported history of disease verified by a physician, nurse practitioner or physician assistant; or is born in the United States before 1980.
It is strongly encouraged that all students are fully vaccinated for COVID-19 and have at least one dose of the bivalent booster. As the majority of our MassArt community of students, faculty, and staff are fully vaccinated, we know that they are the best way to keep our community safe and healthy moving forward. A list of vaccine clinics are found here. MassArt will also host vaccine and booster clinics starting September 2023 with dates and times TBD.
REQUIRED FOR INTERNATIONAL NEW STUDENTS ONLY (IN ADDITION TO IMMUNIZATIONS REQUIRED FOR NEW STUDENTS)
- Tuberculosis (TB) screening: PPD (Mantoux) test within past year
- Chest X-ray (required only if TB test is positive)