Benefit Enrollment Information#

Functionality:#

This function retrieves information as seen on IBEN, for an employee's benefit enrollment.

Parameters:#

EEM_ID The actual ID for the employment record of the employee you are getting data for
PLAN_CODE The plan code you are retrieving
WHAT Identifies which element of the IBEN display you want to access. This must be one of the values as noted below.
AS_OF Optional. Provides a date frame to retrieve the data. If it is not provided, the current system date will be used.
FLAGS Optional. If set to "N" will return values for un-enrolled records. Otherwise only Enrolled records are retrieved.

WHAT Parameter Values#

  • Any field name from P2K_BE_ENROLLMENT_DETAILS
  • COVERAGE_CODE - This will return the actual coverage code that the employee is enrolled in
  • BCG.xxxxx - Any field name (the xxxxx) from P2K_BE_COVERAGES for the coverage that the employee is enrolled in
  • BC-Bnnnn - This will return the AMOUNT or AMOUNT_OVERRIDE for the component value where nnnn is the benefit component code
  • ON_SCHEDULE - If the employee indicated is eligible for the plan(according to IBSC schedule only) , you will get back “Y”. Otherwise you will get back “N”. See below for schedule eligibility steps.

Returns: #

Varchar2 (regardless of the type of data being requested)

Errors: #

  • If the employee is not enrolled as of the date specified, and the FLAGS parameter is set to "Y" (default) then NULL is returned
  • If an invalid PLAN_CODE parameter is passed, then NO SUCH PLAN is returned
  • If no Enrollment record is found for that employee/plan combination, then NO ENROLLMENT is returned
  • If no enrollment detail information is found as of the date specified (corrupt data), then NO BEN DETAIL is returned
  • If a bad benefit component code is provided, then BAD BC CODE is returned
  • If the BC Code provided does not appear in the enrollment record (plan definition), then NO BC CODE is returned
  • If an invalid WHAT parameter is provided, then BAD WHAT is returned.
  • If you are requesting ON_SCHEDULE, and there is an issue retrieving the employee assignment information NO ASSIGNMENT INFO is returned
  • If you are requesting ON_SCHEDULE, and there is an issue retrieving the benefit schedule information *BAD SCHEDULE is returned

Example: #

P2K_PU.BEN(~,'VISION','ELIGIBILITY_START_DATE')

Will return the ELIGIBILITY_START_DATE for the employee's VISION plan enrollment record.

P2K_PU.BEN(~,'MED KAISER FLEX','BC-B1040')

Will return the deduction amount BC-B1040 for the employee's MED KAISER FLEX

Notes#

  • If a Benefit Component value is requested, the AMOUNT_OVERRIDE will be returned. If this field is zero or NULL, then the AMOUNT field will be returned.
  • If you want to retrieve records even if the employee is no longer enrolled in the plan, then set the FLAGS parameter to "N"
  • Eligibility (for ON_SCHEDULE) is determined by:
    • Plan is Not scheduled (on IBPN)
    • Employee is specifically scheduled for this plan (IBSC)
    • Employee’s Entity-Unit-Group (as of the AS_OF date) are scheduled for this plan (IBSC)
    • Employee’s Entity-Unit (as of the AS_OF date) are scheduled for this plan (IBSC)
    • Employee’s Entity (as of the AS_OF date) are scheduled for this plan (IBSC)
    • All employees are scheduled for this plan (IBSC)


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