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Committee hears testimony on health insurance gaps for contingent faculty; Senate File 2401 laid over
Summary
Faculty and union representatives told the committee that many adjunct and contingent instructors lack stable access to employer‑sponsored health insurance because eligibility is based on annual credit thresholds. The bill would expand eligibility and close coverage gaps; sponsors described it as a pilot and the committee laid the file over.
Adjunct and contingent faculty described precarious access to health insurance and urged lawmakers to close coverage gaps that leave many without affordable care for months at a time.
Senator Eric Putnam introduced Senate File 2,401, which would expand eligibility for employer‑sponsored health insurance for contingent faculty by lowering credit thresholds and removing the fall‑semester coverage gap that many adjuncts face. Testimony described situations in which faculty lose or fail to gain coverage because assignments are shifted late or administrators keep…
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