DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,762

ST. ANTHONY'S HEALTH CENTER
PATIENT ACCOUNTS AND BILLING DEPARTMENT
ALTON, ILLINOIS

Negative Determination 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 June 28, 2007, in response
to a petition filed by a one-stop representative on behalf of
workers of St. Anthony's Health Center, Patient Accounts and
Billing Department, Alton, Illinois. Workers at the subject firm
are engaged in clerical positions with duties ranging from
registering in-and-out patients, data entry, billing, cashier, and
financial counselors.
The investigation revealed that the St. Anthony's Health
Center, Patient Accounts and Billing Department, Alton, Illinois
does not produce an article within the meaning of Section 222(a)(2)
of the Act. 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 and there must be
a relationship between the workers' work and the article produced
by the workers' firm or appropriate subdivision. The workers do
not support a firm or appropriate subdivision that produces an
article domestically and thus the worker group cannot 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 of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that all workers of St. Anthony's Health
Center, Patient Accounts and Billing Department, Alton, Illinois
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
under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D.C., this 10th day of July 2007

/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance