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Run Date: MAR 24, 2014                     Designation: DGBT*1*24
Package : DGBT - BENEFICIARY TRAVEL           Priority: EMERGENCY
Version : 1        SEQ #24                      Status: Released
                  Compliance Date: MAR 27, 2014
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Associated patches: (v)DGBT*1*20   <<= must be installed BEFORE `DGBT*1*24'

Subject: VFA MEANS TEST EXPIRATION ELIMINATION

Category: 
  - Routine
  - Informational

Description:
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 Note:  This patch is an emergency released with a 72-hour compliance.
  
 This patch is being released in support of the Enrollment System (ES)
 Discontinue Annual Means Test Renewal project.  DGBT*1*24 (Beneficiary
 Travel) is being released along with DG*5.3*858 (Registration), IVM*2*154
 (Income Verification Match), EAS*1*106 (Enrollment Application System),
 and IB*2*385 (Integrated Billing)in host file: DG_53_P858.KID.
  
 It is imperative that these patches be installed no later than the
 compliance date.  Your understanding and support is appreciated.
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 The Health Eligibility Center (HEC) requested modifications to the
 Enrollment System (ES) and VistA Registration, Enrollment and
 Eligibility (VistA REE) software to support the requirements of the
 Discontinue Annual Means Test Renewal project.
   
 This patch modifies the Beneficiary Travel (BT) v1.0 application as 
 described below:
  
 1. Removes Means Test (MT) expiration related displays from the 
 Beneficiary Travel Claim Information <Screen 1> and the BT Alternate 
 Income Enter/Edit screens.  
  
 2. Where applicable, income information from the most recent Means Test
 will be displayed on the screen, and the MT Status fields will no longer
 display "EXPIRED" if the means test status date is older than the BT Claim
 date by more than 365 days.
  
 3. The new VFA Start Date field in MAS PARAMETERS file (#43) will 
 now be used as part of the determination of a "current" means test.
  
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 Test Sites:
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 Boise VAMC, ID
 Chillicothe VAMC, OH
 VA North Texas HCS, TX
  
  
  
  
 Problem:
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 1. Changes resulting from the Veterans Financial Assessment business 
 process will result in the discontinuation of the Veterans means test 
 expiration. The Beneficiary Travel software currently has in place a 
 check for means test expiration after one year from the means test 
 entry.  When this occurs, it causes the non-display of income data and 
 the display of an expiration message for a means test in both the
 Beneficiary Travel Claims Screen <1> and the BT Alternate Income 
 Enter/Edit screens.
  
 2. When displaying the Beneficiary Travel Claims Screen <1>, there is a 
 display within the Waiver information that shows the calculated means 
 test expiration date if the waiver software found one to be applicable. 
  
 Resolution:
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 1. The software for the display of the means test information has been 
 modified to override the "EXPIRED" tag when a means test is available and 
 determined to be current under new VFA rules.  If a means test is found 
 that is now considered current, the associated income for that means test 
 will be displayed as well.  Information display for Low Income and 
 Alternate income cases is not impacted by this patch.
  
 2. When there is an applicable Waiver information display, if the waiver 
 is associated with a means test, expiration display is over-written with 
 "MEANS TEST DO NOT EXPIRE".
  
 Documentation Retrieval Instructions:
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 Updated documentation describing the new functionality introduced by this 
 patch is available.
  
 The preferred method is to FTP the files from
 ftp://download.vista.domain.ext/.  This transmits the files from the first
 available FTP server. Sites may  also elect to retrieve software directly
 from a specific server as follows:
  
 Albany         ftp.domain.ext  <ftp://ftp.domain.ext>
 Hines          ftp.domain.ext   <ftp://ftp.domain.ext>
 Salt Lake City ftp.domain.ext     <ftp://ftp.domain.ext>
  
 The documentation will be in the form of Adobe Acrobat files.
  
 The following files should be downloaded in the binary FTP mode.
  
 Filename                    Description
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 DGBT_1_0_24_BT_UM.PDF    Revised Beneficiary Travel (BT) User Manual
 DGBT_1_0_24_BT_TM.PDF    Revised Beneficiary Travel (BT) Technical Manual
  
 Documentation can also be found on the VA Software Documentation Library 
 at:
 http://www.domain.ext/vdl/
  
  
  
 Patch Installation:
  
 Please see the Patch Description for patch DG*5.3*858 for installation 
 instructions.

Routine Information:
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The checksums below are new checksums, and
 can be checked with CHECK1^XTSUMBLD.

Routine Name: DGBT1
    Before:B120702431   After:B127576754  **11,20,24**
Routine Name: DGBTALTI
    Before: B50552972   After: B51270693  **20,24**
Routine Name: DGBTUTL
    Before: B98577404   After:B104795609  **20,24**
Routine Name: DGBTUTL1
    Before: B40695224   After: B55063675  **20,24**
 
Routine list of preceding patches: 20

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User Information:
Entered By  :                               Date Entered  : FEB 19, 2013
Completed By:                               Date Completed: FEB 14, 2014
Released By :                               Date Released : MAR 24, 2014
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