APPROVE DEPENDENT ELECTIONS

This subtask will be enabled if the Dependent Elections field is "Y" (Yes) for the selected line in the main screen. Use this subtask view and approve dependent benefit elections that were made by the employee during the open enrollment period in ESS.

Benefit Plan

This field displays the benefit plan from the main screen. The benefit plan name displays in the field to the right.

Employee

This field displays the employee from the main screen.  The employee's name displays in the field to the right.

New Coverage Start Date

This field displays the date on which coverage begins in accordance with the employee's new coverage elections in ESS.

Table Window

This table window displays all dependent elections that the employee assigned during the open enrollment period in ESS. You can change only the Approved field in this table window.

Approved

This field displays "Y" (Yes) or "N" (No) to indicate whether or not the election has been approved. The election can also be approved in the ESS Open Enrollment Benefit Elections screen on an individual-employee basis. This field automatically changes to "Y" (Yes) once you approve the benefit election line in the main screen and save the record, and can be changed even if the election has already been approved.

Dependent Name

This field displays the name of the dependent that the employee assigned to the benefit plan.

Relationship

This field displays the dependent's relationship to the employee as specified in the Employee Dependents/Beneficiaries screen in Costpoint Employee (Costpoint Benefits in Costpoint 4.0). Selections are "Husband," "Wife," "Daughter," "Son," "Stepdaughter," "Stepson," and "Other."

Other Relationship

This field displays the relationship between the employee and the dependent as specified in the Employee Dependents/Beneficiaries screen in Costpoint Employee (Costpoint Benefits in Costpoint 4.0). This field will display if the selected Relationship is "Other."

New Coverage Option

This field displays the coverage option assigned to the dependent.  The value in this field defaults from the New Coverage Option field for the selected line in the main screen.

New Coverage Option Description

This field displays the name of the new coverage option.

New Coverage Amount

This field displays the new coverage amount. The value in this field defaults from the New Coverage Amount field for the selected line in the main screen.