DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-56,952

SIERRA HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
111 & 34 MARKET PLACE
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND

Negative Determinations Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
And Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
The investigation was initiated on April 13, 2005 in response
to a petition filed by the State Trade Coordinator on behalf of
workers of Sierra Health Services, Inc., 111 & 34 Market Place,
Baltimore, Maryland. The workers perform administrative services
including scheduling appointments, processing claims, and
contacting vendors and medical providers.
In order to be considered eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, the worker
group seeking certification (or on whose behalf certification is
being sought) must work for a "firm" or appropriate subdivision
that produces an article domestically and there must be a
relationship between the workers' work and the article produced
by the workers' firm or appropriate subdivision. The call center
operators described above do not support a firm or appropriate
subdivision that produces an article domestically and thus the
worker group can not be considered import impacted or affected by
a shift in production of an article.
In addition, in accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of
1974 (26 USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of its investigation regarding certification
of eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the worker group must be certified
eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA). Since the
workers are denied eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers cannot
be certified eligible for ATAA.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Sierra
Health Services, Inc., 111 & 34 Market Place, Baltimore, Maryland
are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are also denied
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA) under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 19th day of May, 2005.

/s/ Richard Church
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RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance