In compliance with the Affordable Care Act Individual Shared Responsibility provision, all individuals covered under the Cornell Student Health Plan (SHP) are legally required to provide a taxpayer identification number—either a Social Security Number (SSN) or an Individual Tax ID Number (ITIN)—to Cornell.
This number allows Cornell to submit 1095-B forms to the IRS on behalf of students enrolled in the SHP during the year. The 1095-B verifies that plan members had minimum essential coverage, as required by the ACA.