The eligibility and entitlement engine does not enhance the event date list with new dates. As such, using the event date list when the Reassessment Configuration switch is enabled will improve system performance.
The following is an outline of the steps taken to create new decisions for an event date list when the Reassessment Configuration switch is enabled:
The eligibility and entitlement engine checks to see if there are any existing decisions whose cover period falls within the eligibility and entitlement engine from and to dates. The eligibility and entitlement engine from date is the case start date, April 1st, 2004; the eligibility and entitlement engine to date is the case expected end date, April 30th, 2004. Since this is an original eligibility and entitlement result, there are no previous decisions, so the eligibility and entitlement engine does not pass decision information into the rules engine.
The eligibility and entitlement engine creates a temporary decision for April 1st, 2004: James Smith is eligible for the Max Personal rules objective at a daily rate of $10 and a weekly rate of $70. The rules engine looks for decision results to determine whether or not James Smith is eligible for the Max Child Allowance objective. Since there are no previous decisions, he is found ineligible for the second objective.
The eligibility and entitlement engine passes in the decision information for the April 1st temporary decision which indicates that James Smith is eligible for the Max Personal objective. The decision period extends from April 1st to April 4th where April 4th is the date before the next date on the event date list. The weekly rate for this objective is $70.
The eligibility and entitlement engine creates a temporary decision for April 5th, 2004: James Smith is eligible for the Max Personal rules objective at a daily rate of $11 and a weekly rate of $77. The rules engine looks for decision results to determine whether or not James Smith is eligible for the Max Child Allowance objective. It reads the April 1st - April 4th decision information and the April 5th decision information. James Smith is now found eligible for the Max Child Allowance objective at a daily rate of $1.10 (10% of the daily rate for the Max Personal rules objective).
The eligibility and entitlement engine passes in the decision information for April 5th which indicates that James Smith is eligible for both the Max Personal and the Max Child Allowance objectives. The weekly rate for the Max Personal objective is $77; the daily rate for the Max Child Allowance objective is $1.10.
The eligibility and entitlement engine creates a temporary decision for April 30th, 2004: James Smith is eligible for the Max Personal rules objective at a daily rate of $11 and a weekly rate of $77. James Smith is also eligible for the Max Child Allowance objective at a daily rate of $1.10.
The eligibility and entitlement engine passes in the decision information for April 30th which indicates that James Smith is eligible for both the Max Personal and the Max Child Allowance objectives. The weekly rate for the Max Personal objective is $77; the daily rate for the Max Child Allowance objective is $1.10.