Central Washington University Board of Trustees May 14, 2021 ACTION – Mandatory Fee: Student Medical and Counseling Clinic Fee
The Division of Academic and Student Life seeks authorization to broaden the assessment of the student medical and counseling clinic fee from only students physically located in Ellensburg to all students. The fee now is set at $17.16 per credit up to 10 credits. Now the fee is only charged to students at the Ellensburg campus, formerly the only location where services were provided. However, in late 2020, CWU established Wildcat Care 365, an online health consultation service provided by TimelyMD, a national telehealth company. The service offers immediate and unlimited access to medical and professional mental health support consultation at any time of the day. Additional services include scheduled short-term individual psychotherapy and health and wellness coaching appointments for students; employees have access to 24/7 consultation about a student’s wellbeing. Students can access the service using a free downloadable smartphone app (TimelyMD) or through an online portal, www.wildcatcare365.com. Typically, students obtain a video consultation with a health professional within 5 to 10 minutes. Now that health and wellness services are available to all students, everywhere, the division proposes to require the fee of all students. The proposed change will be used to cover the costs of the expansion of services to meet the needs of all CWU students, regardless of where they are.
We recommend the following motion:
The Board of Trustees of Central Washington University hereby approves assessing the assessment for the Student Medical and Counseling Clinic to all CWU students in order to provide critical services regardless of physical location.
Submitted by:
Approved for submission:
Joel Klucking, Vice President Business and Financial Affairs
James. L. Gaudino
President
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