Setting Up Dependent Relationships

Use the Dependent Relationships Table (DEPBEN_TYPE_TBL) component to define dependent relationships.

This section provides an overview of dependent relationships and discusses how to define dependent relationships.

See Using PeopleSoft eBenefits Pages.

Note: Beneficiary relationships are not tracked because they do not have the same legal ramifications as dependents.

Page Name

Definition Name

Usage

Dependent Relationships Table Page

DEPBEN_TYPE_TBL

Define dependent relationships.

Coverage Code Tbl (Coverage Code Table) Page

COVRG_CD_TBL

Create new coverage codes for your benefit programs. We recommend that you give the coverage code a numeric value of one through seven. Coverage codes should be ordered according to their complexity, with Employee being first

Personal Profile Page

DEPEND_BENEF2

Enter or update information about a dependent.

You define the relationships—for example, child, grandparent (grandmother or grandfather), nephew, or niece (other relative)—that qualify as dependents according to your organization's rules. You cannot enroll dependents in benefits if their relationships are not defined. For example, if you had not defined child as an allowable dependent type, you couldn't enter an employee's son as a dependent. The characteristics that you apply to the relationship will be used later by the system to validate the relationship.

Use the Dependent Relationships Table (dependent relationship) page (DEPBEN_TYPE_TBL) to define dependent relationships.

Navigation:

Set Up HCM > Product Related > Base Benefits > Dependent Relationships Table > Dependent Relationships Table

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Dependent Relationships Table page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

 Dependent Relationships Table page

Field or Control

Description

Relationship to Employee

Displays the relationship that you selected to access the page.

Effective Date

Enter the date on which the dependent relationship goes into effect.

Status

Select whether the dependent relationship is Active or Inactive.

If the status is Inactive, the relationship is no longer considered a valid dependent relationship.

Covered Person Type

Select the covered person type you are using to define the relationship.

The delivered values are:

  • Employee

  • Spouse

  • Child (child, grandchild, domestic partner child, other child, step child, foster child)

  • Adult Child (children who are eligible to be enrolled in their parents’ health plan until they attain age 26.)

  • Other Qualified Dependent

  • Domestic Partner

  • Non-qualified Dependent

  • ExSpouse

Age Limit Flag

When the COBRA process for overage dependents runs, the system uses this check box to indicate which dependent roles should have the overage rules applied.

Field or Control

Description

Certificate ID

Select to define a certification form for a relationship. The certificate ID defined here appear in the Oracle's PeopleSoft eBenefits Self-Service application.

Field or Control

Description

Mutually Exclusive

Select to limit each participant to one dependent with a relationship that has been flagged as mutually exclusive at one time. The system allows the participant to save more than one mutually exclusive dependent in eBenefits, but makes the dependent a beneficiary. An informational message appears to the employee.

Field or Control

Description

Gender Validation

Values include:

  • No Gender Validation: Select for no gender validation to occur.

  • Opposite Sex Only: Select to ensure that when a dependent is added or a relationship changes, that person is the opposite sex from the participant.

  • Same Sex Only: Select to ensure that when a dependent is added or a relationship changes, that person is the same gender as the participant.

Note: Certificate ID and gender validation can affect benefits certification.