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a. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad or his designee to execute the First Amendment to the Agreement with Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford (LPCH) to provide medical director services of the Child Advocacy Center (CAC), adding $78,400 for a revised amount not to exceed $426,880 in the aggregate, but with no change to the original agreement term September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2023; and
b. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad or his designee to sign up to three (3) amendments to this agreement where the total amendments do not exceed 10% ($34,848) of the original contract amount and do not significantly change the scope of work.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad or his designee to execute the First Amendment to the Agreement with Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford (LPCH) to provide medical director services of the Child Advocacy Center (CAC), adding $78,400 for a revised amount not to exceed $426,880 in the aggregate, but with no change to the original agreement term September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2023; and
b. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad or his designee to sign up to three (3) amendments to this agreement where the total amendments do not exceed 10% ($34,848) of the original contract amount and do not significantly change the scope of work.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The County operates the Sally P. Archer Child Advocacy Center and Bates-Eldredge Child Sexual Abuse Clinic (CAC) located at Natividad in the Barnet J. Segal Outpatient Center where Physicians perform medical-legal examinations to evaluate cases of suspected or actual child abuse to provide documented evidence to assist in the prosecution of criminal cases. Natividad must arrange for a qualified medical director for general administration of the day-to-day operations, development of the services, review of policies and supervision of the ancillary services in the CAC.
Natividad would like to amend its agreement with LPCH for maternal fetal medicine services and add the medical director services. Natividad has obtained an independent opinion of fair market value supporting the payment terms of this Agreement.
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
County Counsel has reviewed and approved this Agreement as to legal form, and the Auditor-Controller has reviewed and approved as to payment provisions. The Agreement has also been reviewed and approved by Natividad’s Finance Committee and Board of Trustees.
FINANCING:
The cost for this amendment is $78,400. The total not to exceed amount of this agreement is $426,880. $213,440 is included in the Fiscal Year 2022/2023 Recommended Budget. The remaining amount will be budgeted in subsequent fiscal years. There is no impact to the General Fund.
Prepared by: Jeanne-Ann Balza, Director of Physician Services, 758-2506
Approved by: Charles R. Harris, Chief Executive Officer, 783-2553
Attachments:
First Amendment
Agreement