DetermineCoveragePeriod

Determine Coverage Period

Minor Business Rule

Object Name: N0800296

Parent DLL: CHRM

Location: Client/Server

Language: NER

Functional Description

Purpose

The purpose of this NER is to determine the COBRA coverage period for a particular qualifying event.

Setup Notes and Prerequisites

Constants must be set up in the COBRA General Constants table F08990
A record must exist in the F08910 file for the employee or related dependant that is passed into this
function.

Special Logic

Technical Specification

Data Item Data Structure DescriptionI/OReqNotes
PAN8mnParticipantAddressInThe address number of the COBRA Participant
QE1szQualifyingEvent1InEvent that qualified a participant for COBRA
coverage
QD1jdQualifyingEventDate1InThe date that qualifying event took place
CVPmnCoveragePeriodOnThe number of months that the qualified
beneficiary is entitled to COBRA coverage.
ERRCcErrorCodeOnThe flag that indicated if the participant is
an employee or dependent. (0=Employee, 1=Dependent)

1.0Fetch from the F08910 based on the participant, QE, and QED. Retrieve the related employee, the
business unit, the company, and the tax area.
2.0If the participant is in the F08910 and person is an employee, set a flag to 0; otherwise set to
1.
3.0If you did not find a record in the F08910, participant is not in the F08910 but they are a
dependent.

3.1Get the related employee and the relationship in the F08336

4.0If you did find a record in the F08910, participant is in the F08910 and they are a dependent.

4.1Get the related employee and the relationship in the F08336

5.0If the flag is equal to 0

5.1Get the disability flag from the F060116
5.2Retrieve the coverage periods from N0800281
5.3Set the type of participant depending if disabled in F08901 or if a child or stepchild in
F08336. Depending on the type of participant, set the coverage period and code

5.3.1Check the participant file to see if disabled in F08901

5.3.1.1If disabled, use disabled coverage

5.3.2Check the F08336 to see if a child or step child

5.3.2.1If yes, use dependent coverage

5.3.3Otherwise, use regular coverage.

Data Structure

D0800296 - Determine Coverage Period

Data Item Data Structure DescriptionI/OReqNotes
PAN8mnParticipantAddressInThe address number of the COBRA Participant
QE1szQualifyingEvent1InEvent that qualified a participant for COBRA
coverage
QD1jdQualifyingEventDate1InThe date that qualifying event took place
CVPmnCoveragePeriodOnThe number of months that the qualified
beneficiary is entitled to COBRA coverage.
ERRCcErrorCodeOnThe flag that indicated if the participant is
an employee or dependent. (0=Employee, 1=Dependent)

Parameter Name Data Item Data Type Req/Opt I/O/Both

mnParticipantAddress PAN8 MATH_NUMERIC OPT INPUT

Data Item ab Data Structure Descriptionabab I/Oab Reqab Notes
PAN8abab mnParticipantAddressabab Iab nabThe address number of the COBRA Participant

szQualifyingEvent1 QE1 char OPT INPUT

Data Item ab Data Structure Descriptionabab I/Oab Reqab Notes
QE1abab szQualifyingEvent1abab Iab nabEvent that qualified a participant for COBRA coverage

jdQualifyingEventDate1 QD1 JDEDATE OPT INPUT

Data Item ab Data Structure Descriptionabab I/Oab Reqab Notes
QD1abab jdQualifyingEventDate1abab Iab nabThe date that qualifying event took place

mnCoveragePeriod CVP MATH_NUMERIC OPT OUTPUT

Data Item ab Data Structure Descriptionabab I/Oab Reqab Notes
CVPabab mnCoveragePeriodababab Oab nabThe number of months that the qualified beneficiary is entitled
to COBRA coverage.

cErrorCode ERRC char OPT OUTPUT

Data Item ab Data Structure Descriptionabab I/Oab Reqab Notes
ERRCabab cErrorCodeabababab Oab nabThe flag that indicated if the participant is an employee or
dependent. (0=Employee, 1=Dependent)ab

Related Functions

None

Related Tables

None

Parameter Name	Data Item	Data Type	Req/Opt	I/O/Both
mnParticipantAddress	PAN8	MATH_NUMERIC	OPT	INPUT
Data Item ab Data Structure Descriptionabab I/Oab Reqab Notes PAN8abab mnParticipantAddressabab Iab nabThe address number of the COBRA Participant
szQualifyingEvent1	QE1	char	OPT	INPUT
Data Item ab Data Structure Descriptionabab I/Oab Reqab Notes QE1abab szQualifyingEvent1abab Iab nabEvent that qualified a participant for COBRA coverage
jdQualifyingEventDate1	QD1	JDEDATE	OPT	INPUT
Data Item ab Data Structure Descriptionabab I/Oab Reqab Notes QD1abab jdQualifyingEventDate1abab Iab nabThe date that qualifying event took place
mnCoveragePeriod	CVP	MATH_NUMERIC	OPT	OUTPUT
Data Item ab Data Structure Descriptionabab I/Oab Reqab Notes CVPabab mnCoveragePeriodababab Oab nabThe number of months that the qualified beneficiary is entitled to COBRA coverage.
cErrorCode	ERRC	char	OPT	OUTPUT
Data Item ab Data Structure Descriptionabab I/Oab Reqab Notes ERRCabab cErrorCodeabababab Oab nabThe flag that indicated if the participant is an employee or dependent. (0=Employee, 1=Dependent)ab