Notice #421 – Canada Disability Savings Program system interface transaction standards, version 3.2

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• Information bulletin
• Purpose
• Canada Disability Savings Program (CDSP) system interface transaction standards (ITS) version 3.2 changes
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Information Bulletin

Number:

CDSP/PCEI-2021/22-001-421

Date:

August 18, 2021

Subjet:

Canada Disability Savings Program (CDSP) system interface transaction standards (ITS), version 3.2

Purpose

This information bulletin details changes to the CDSP system ITS, version 3.2 dated June 1, 2020.

Canada Disability Savings Program (CDSP) system interface transaction standards (ITS) version 3.2 changes

• Section: 3.6 - Election transactions
  • remove:
    • section pertaining to Episodic DTC election and Episodic DTC election reversal transactions

• Section: 6.9 – Record type 501 – elections
  • remove:
    • sections pertaining to the record component layout and validation rules of the Episodic DTC election transaction
    • sections pertaining to the record component layout and validation rules of the Episodic DTC election reversal transaction

• Section: 10 Contract status file
  • remove:
    • section pertaining to Record type 952 – Episodic DTC election

• Section: various sections
  • remove:
    • any reference to DTC elections (transaction 501-01) and DTC election reversals (transaction 501-02)

• Section: various sections
  • remove:
    • any reference to Record type 952 – Episodic DTC election

• Section: various sections
  • remove:
    • the term "transaction" rather than the abbreviation "RT" defines the occurrence of transaction type when combined with a record type

• Section: 6.1 - Record type 001 – Header record
  • update:
    • updated the data version
    • version of the CDSP system data interface standard currently in use is “03.2”

• Section: 17 Appendix D – DAP/LDAP formulas
  • update:
    • update to DAP and LDAP formulas

• Section: various sections
  • update:
    • updated the use of the terms record type, transaction type and transaction, for example:
      • record types are 101, 201, 401 etc.
      • transaction types are 05 – bond request, 20 – DAP etc.
      • transactions are 101-01, 201-13, 401-05 etc.

• Section: various sections
  • update:
    • use of acronyms CDSG and CDSB to replace grant and bond respectively where applicable

• Section: 8 Transaction processing file
  • discontinued:
    • transaction origin 16 – Re-adjudication due to episodic DTC election

• Section: 14.2 Transaction error codes
  • discontinued:
    • error code 8309 - date must be on or after certification date
    • error code 8310 - beneficiary must not be DTC ineligible for 5 consecutive years on or after the contract signature year and before the year of election request processing
    • error code 8311 - episodic DTC election period must not overlap with an existing episodic DTC election period for the same contract

• Section: 14.3 Refusal reasons
  • discontinued:
    • refusal reason 32 - beneficiary DTC eligibility not confirmed for 2 or more consecutive non-election years
    • refusal reason 33 - beneficiary DTC eligibility not confirmed for 5 or more consecutive years

• Section: 14.4 Rollover issues
  • discontinued:
    • rollover issue 96 - rollover is made during an episodic DTC election period

• Section: 6.1.1 Record type 001 validation rules
  • add:
    • added "03.2" to validation rules for Data version field

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