DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-83,210

KCI USA, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM TEKSYSTEMS AND MODIS
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS

TA-W-83,210A

KCI USA, INC.
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA

TA-W-83,210B

KCI USA, INC.
DILLON, MONTANA


Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the
workers in such workers' firm have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers'
firm to a foreign country in the production of
articles or supply of services like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by the
workers' firm; OR
(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers' firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on November 8, 2013 by a company official on behalf of
workers of KCI USA, Inc., San Antonio, Texas (TA-W-83,210), KCI
USA, Inc., Charlotte, North Carolina (TA-W-83,210A), and KCI
USA, Inc., Dillon, Montana (TA-W-83,210B). The workers' firm
is engaged in activities related to the supply of wound healing
therapies and technologies.
Workers of KCI USA, Inc., San Antonio, Texas (TA-W-83,210)
engage in the supply of information technology (IT) help desk
and IT desktop support services. The worker group includes on-
site leased workers from TekSystems and Modis. Workers of KCI
USA, Inc., Charlotte, North Carolina (TA-W-83,210A) engage in
the supply of IT desktop support services. Workers of KCI USA,
Inc., Dillon, Montana (TA-W-83,210B) engage in the supply of IT
desktop support services. The latter two worker groups do not
include any on-site leased workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in each of the respective
subject worker groups have become totally or partially
separated, or are threatened with such separation.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has acquired from a foreign country the supply of services
like or directly competitive with those services supplied by the
subject worker groups, which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at the subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of KCI USA, Inc., San
Antonio, Texas (TA-W-83,210), KCI USA, Inc., Charlotte, North
Carolina (TA-W-83,210A), and KCI USA, Inc., Dillon, Montana
(TA-W-83,210B), who are engaged in activities related to the
supply of information technology help desk and/or information
technology desktop support services, meet the worker group
certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:


"All workers of KCI USA, Inc., including on-site leased
workers from TekSystems and Modis, San Antonio, Texas
(TA-W-83,210), KCI USA, Inc., Charlotte, North Carolina
(TA-W-83,210A), and KCI USA, Inc., Dillon, Montana (TA-W-
83,210B), who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after November 7, 2012 through two years
from the date of certification, and all workers in the
group threatened with total or partial separation from
employment on the date of certification through two years
from the date of certification, are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 13th day of December, 2013

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance