QUALIFYING EVENT CODES

Use this screen to define "qualifying events" and to establish the associated lengths of coverage for these events, as defined by federal regulations and company policy. You can establish an unlimited number of qualifying events.

You must initialize this table before you can initialize the Track COBRA Elections screen in Costpoint Employee.

Qualifying Event Code

After selecting the New Line button on the toolbar, enter a code, up to 10 alphanumeric characters, that will uniquely identify a qualifying event. This is a required field.

Qualifying Event Description

Enter up to 30 alphanumeric characters to describe this event code. This is a required field.

Required Length

Enter up to three numeric characters to represent the number of months of coverage that are required by law for this qualifying event. This is a required field.

Co. Policy Length

Enter up to three numeric characters to represent the number of months of coverage allowed by your company for this qualifying event. This field is required and the number must be greater than or equal to the Required Length.

Hint: Some examples of Qualifying Events as established by Federal Regulations include:

Changes to this screen update the H_QUAL_EVENT table.