---
title: clsPolicyPeriodFederalCoverage
summary: API reference for clsPolicyPeriodFederalCoverage.
status: draft
owner: Technical Writer
last_reviewed: 2026-07-31
library: SAIF.Business.Policy.Premium
reference_type: package
---

# clsPolicyPeriodFederalCoverage

Represents federal coverage data for a policy period; holds federal jurisdiction flags and premium totals for federal reporting and compliance workflows.*

## Purpose
- Persists and retrieves federal coverage flags and premium totals for a policy period.*
- Consumed by federal reporting workflows that require jurisdiction-specific premium and coverage data.*

## Context
- Namespace: `SAIF.Business.Policy.Premium`
- Assembly/package: `SAIF.Business.Policy.Premium`

## Public members
| Member | Signature | Purpose |
| --- | --- | --- |
| PolicyNumber | `Public ReadOnly Property PolicyNumber() As Decimal` | The numeric policy number identifying the policy to which this record belongs. |
| PolicyPeriodEffectiveDate | `Public ReadOnly Property PolicyPeriodEffectiveDate() As Date` | The effective date of the policy period to which this rating plan applies. |
| FederalCoverageTypeCode | `Public Property FederalCoverageTypeCode() As String` | Stores the Oracle code value that classifies this cls Policy Period Federal Coverage. |
| FederalCoverageType | `Public Property FederalCoverageType() As clsFederalCoverageTypeCode.FederalCoverageTypes` | Lookup object that describes the current federal coverage type.* |
| FederalCoverageTypeDescriptions | `Public ReadOnly Property FederalCoverageTypeDescriptions As clsCodeCollection` | Returns the associated federal coverage type descriptions used by this type. |
| FederalCoverageTypeDescription | `Public ReadOnly Property FederalCoverageTypeDescription As String` | Human-readable description associated with the current federal coverage type.* |
| FederalCoverageEffectiveDate | `Public Property FederalCoverageEffectiveDate() As Date` | Business value exposed as federal coverage effective date for callers of this API.* |
| CreateDate | `Public Property CreateDate() As Date` | The timestamp at which this record was created in the Oracle database. |
| CreateUser | `Public Property CreateUser() As String` | The username of the account that created this record. |
| FederalCoverageExpirationDate | `Public Property FederalCoverageExpirationDate() As Date` | Business value exposed as federal coverage expiration date for callers of this API.* |
| FederalLiabilityLimitSeqNum | `Public Property FederalLiabilityLimitSeqNum() As Decimal` | Identifier used to correlate this row with related premium records.* |
| FederalCoverageLiabilityLimit | `Public ReadOnly Property FederalCoverageLiabilityLimit() As clsFederalCoverageLiabilityLimit` | Business value exposed as federal coverage liability limit for callers of this API.* |
| OperationsDescription | `Public Property OperationsDescription() As String` | Human-readable description associated with the current operations.* |
| EmployeesDescription | `Public Property EmployeesDescription() As String` | Human-readable description associated with the current employees.* |
| UpdateDate | `Public Property UpdateDate() As Date` | The timestamp of the most recent update to this record.* |
| UpdateUser | `Public Property UpdateUser() As String` | The username of the account that last modified this record.* |
| CodeDescr | `Public Property CodeDescr As String` | Business value exposed as code descr for callers of this API.* |
| IsValid | `Public Overrides ReadOnly Property IsValid() As Boolean` | Returns True when all registered business rules pass; delegates to the framework rule engine. |
| IsDirty | `Public Overrides ReadOnly Property IsDirty() As Boolean` | Returns True when one or more tracked properties have been modified since the last save or MarkOld() call. |
| SetFederalCoverageExpirationDateNull | `Public Sub SetFederalCoverageExpirationDateNull()` | Clears `FederalCoverageExpirationDate`, marking it as null/unset so the column will be written as NULL on the next save.* |
| SetFederalLiabilityLimitSeqNumNull | `Public Sub SetFederalLiabilityLimitSeqNumNull()` | Clears `FederalLiabilityLimitSeqNum`, marking it as null/unset so the column will be written as NULL on the next save.* |
| SetOperationsDescriptionNull | `Public Sub SetOperationsDescriptionNull()` | Clears `OperationsDescription`, marking it as null/unset so the column will be written as NULL on the next save.* |
| SetEmployeesDescriptionNull | `Public Sub SetEmployeesDescriptionNull()` | Clears `EmployeesDescription`, marking it as null/unset so the column will be written as NULL on the next save.* |
| SetUpdateDateNull | `Public Sub SetUpdateDateNull()` | Clears `UpdateDate`, marking it as null/unset so the column will be written as NULL on the next save.* |
| SetUpdateUserNull | `Public Sub SetUpdateUserNull()` | Clears `UpdateUser`, marking it as null/unset so the column will be written as NULL on the next save.* |
| IsFederalCoverageExpirationDateNull | `Public Function IsFederalCoverageExpirationDateNull() As Boolean` | Tests whether `FederalCoverageExpirationDate` is null/unset in the backing Oracle column; returns True when the value has not been populated.* |
| IsFederalLiabilityLimitSeqNumNull | `Public Function IsFederalLiabilityLimitSeqNumNull() As Boolean` | Tests whether `FederalLiabilityLimitSeqNum` is null/unset in the backing Oracle column; returns True when the value has not been populated.* |
| IsOperationsDescriptionNull | `Public Function IsOperationsDescriptionNull() As Boolean` | Tests whether `OperationsDescription` is null/unset in the backing Oracle column; returns True when the value has not been populated.* |
| IsEmployeesDescriptionNull | `Public Function IsEmployeesDescriptionNull() As Boolean` | Tests whether `EmployeesDescription` is null/unset in the backing Oracle column; returns True when the value has not been populated.* |
| IsUpdateDateNull | `Public Function IsUpdateDateNull() As Boolean` | Tests whether `UpdateDate` is null/unset in the backing Oracle column; returns True when the value has not been populated.* |
| IsUpdateUserNull | `Public Function IsUpdateUserNull() As Boolean` | Tests whether `UpdateUser` is null/unset in the backing Oracle column; returns True when the value has not been populated.* |
| Equals | `Public Overloads Shared Function Equals(ByVal objA As Object, ByVal objB As Object) As Boolean` | Static overload: compares two Object references for equality using value-equality semantics.* |
| Equals | `Public Overloads Overrides Function Equals(ByVal inObject As Object) As Boolean` | Compares this instance with another `Object` instance for value equality.* |
| Equals | `Public Overloads Function Equals(ByVal inObject As clsPolicyPeriodFederalCoverage) As Boolean` | Compares this instance with another `clsPolicyPeriodFederalCoverage` instance for value equality.* |
| GetHashCode | `Public Overrides Function GetHashCode() As Integer` | Returns a hash code consistent with the value-equality implementation. |
| ToString | `Public Overrides Function ToString() As String` | Returns a string representation of this instance, typically for diagnostics.* |
| NewPolicyPeriodFederalCoverage | `Public Shared Function NewPolicyPeriodFederalCoverage(ByVal inDataportal As IDataPortalInfo, ByVal inPolicyNum As Decimal, ByVal inPolicyPeriodEffDate As Date, ByVal inFedCoverageTypeCode As String, ByVal inFedCoverageEffDate As Date) As clsPolicyPeriodFederalCoverage` | Creates a new cls policy period federal coverage initialized from the supplied source values.* |
| GetPolicyPeriodFederalCoverage | `Public Shared Function GetPolicyPeriodFederalCoverage(ByVal inDataportal As IDataPortalInfo, ByVal inPolicyNum As Decimal, ByVal inPolicyPeriodEffDate As Date, ByVal inFedCoverageTypeCode As String, ByVal inFedCoverageEffDate As Date) As clsPolicyPeriodFederalCoverage` | Loads a cls policy period federal coverage that matches the supplied lookup criteria. |
## Inherited public members

| Member | Signature | Purpose | Origin |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rules | `Property Rules As clsRulesManager` | Framework rules manager used to register, evaluate, and surface broken rules on the object.† | `SAIF.Framework.Core — clsBusinessBase` |
| BeginEdit | `Sub BeginEdit()` | Starts an n-level edit session so callers can stage changes.† | `SAIF.Framework.Core — clsBusinessBase` |
| CancelEdit | `Sub CancelEdit()` | Rolls back the active edit session.† | `SAIF.Framework.Core — clsBusinessBase` |
| ApplyEdit | `Sub ApplyEdit()` | Commits the active edit session.† | `SAIF.Framework.Core — clsBusinessBase` |

## Behavioral notes
- Source file: `Business\SAIF.Business.Policy.Premium\clsPolicyPeriodFederalCoverage.vb`.

## Constraints and usage notes
- Federal coverage records are scoped to a specific policy period; multiple federal coverage entries may exist per period for different jurisdictions.*


> **Note:** Statements marked with * were inferred from code structure, naming conventions, or
> contextual evidence where direct confirmation was not available in source artifacts. Statements
> marked with ** could not be confirmed; treat as unknown until verified.

## Sources
- `Business\SAIF.Business.Policy.Premium\clsPolicyPeriodFederalCoverage.vb`