HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgreement A-25-149 Amendment l to Agreement with UHS Madera.pdf Agreement No. 25-149
1 AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO SERVICE AGREEMENT
2 This Amendment No. 1 to Service Agreement ("Amendment No. 1") is dated
3 April 22, 2025 and is between UHS of Madera, Inc., a ("Contractor"), and the County
4 of Fresno, a political subdivision of the State of California ("County").
5 Recitals
6 A. On June 20, 2023, the County and the Contractor entered into a service agreement,
7 which is County agreement number 23-312 ("Agreement"), for the provision of inpatient
8 psychiatric hospital services.
9 B. The County and the Contractor now desire to amend the Agreement to modify the
10 "Contractor Scope of Work and Rates" Exhibit B to align Administrative Day Rates with
11 Behavioral Health Information Notice 23-019 as set by California Department of Health Care
12 Services (DHCS). Both parties desire to update the contact information in Exhibit B to reflect
13 Contractor's latest information.
14 C. The parties therefore agree as follows:
15 1. All references to Exhibit B shall be deemed references to Revised Exhibit B, which is
16 attached and incorporated by this reference.
17 2. When both parties have signed this Amendment No. 1, the Agreement, and this
18 Amendment No. 1 together constitute the Agreement.
19 3. The Contractor represents and warrants to the County that:
20 a. The Contractor is duly authorized and empowered to sign and perform its obligations
21 under this Amendment.
22 b. The individual signing this Amendment on behalf of the Contractor is duly authorized
23 to do so and his or her signature on this Amendment legally binds the Contractor to
24 the terms of this Amendment.
25 4. The parties agree that this Amendment may be executed by electronic signature as
26 provided in this section.
27 a. An "electronic signature" means any symbol or process intended by an individual
28 signing this Amendment to represent their signature, including but not limited to (1) a
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1 digital signature; (2) a faxed version of an original handwritten signature; or (3) an
2 electronically scanned and transmitted (for example by PDF document) version of an
3 original handwritten signature.
4 b. Each electronic signature affixed or attached to this Amendment (1) is deemed
5 equivalent to a valid original handwritten signature of the person signing this
6 Amendment for all purposes, including but not limited to evidentiary proof in any
7 administrative or judicial proceeding, and (2) has the same force and effect as the
8 valid original handwritten signature of that person.
9 c. The provisions of this section satisfy the requirements of Civil Code section 1633.5,
10 subdivision (b), in the Uniform Electronic Transaction Act (Civil Code, Division 3, Part
11 2, Title 2.5, beginning with section 1633.1).
12 d. Each party using a digital signature represents that it has undertaken and satisfied
13 the requirements of Government Code section 16.5, subdivision (a), paragraphs (1)
14 through (5), and agrees that each other party may rely upon that representation.
15 e. This Amendment is not conditioned upon the parties conducting the transactions
16 under it by electronic means and either party may sign this Amendment with an
17 original handwritten signature.
18 5. This Amendment may be signed in counterparts, each of which is an original, and all of
19 which together constitute this Amendment.
20 6. The Agreement as amended by this Amendment No. 1 is ratified and continued. All
21 provisions of the Agreement and not amended by this Amendment No. 1 remain in full force and
22 effect. This Amendment No. 1 shall be effective upon execution.
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1 The parties are signing this Amendment No. 1 on the date stated in the introductory
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UHS of Madera, Inc. COUNTY OF FRESNO
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dba River Vista Behavioral Health
6 &E77Z`st�Buddy Men es, Chairman�ofthe�
Board of Supervisors of the County of Fresno
7 Angelina Cruz, Business Office Director
Attest:
8 40886 Goodwin Way Bernice E. Seidel
Madera, CA 93636 Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
9 County of Fresno, State of California
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By:AV'L.�._
11 Deputy
12 For accounting use only:
13 Org No.:56302666
Account No.:7223/0
14 Fund No.:0001
Subclass No.:10000
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