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AMENDMENT #3 <br />TO <br />HEALTH SERVICES AGREEMENT <br /> <br />This AMENDMENT #3, to Health Services Agreement dated August 18, 2009, between Orange County, <br />North Carolina (hereinafter referred to as “County”, and Southern Health Partners, Inc., a Delaware <br />Corporation, (hereinafter referred to as “SHP”), with services commencing on September 1, 2009, is <br />entered into as of this _______ day of ______________, 2020. <br /> <br />WITNESSETH: <br /> <br />WHEREAS, County and SHP desire to amend the Health Services Agreement dated August 18, 2009, <br />between County and SHP. <br /> <br />NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and promises hereinafter made, the parties hereto <br />agree as follows: <br /> <br />Section 2.7 is hereby inserted with a new provision as follows: <br /> <br />2.7 Training of Personnel. SHP shall provide annual training courses in Cardiopulmonary <br />Resuscitation (CPR) and First Aid, as requested by the County. The cost of certification shall be the <br />responsibility of the County. SHP shall also provide additional training courses on a variety of topics, at <br />no cost to the County, upon request by the County to SHP. Such training courses shall be scheduled by <br />the County and SHP at a mutually agreed upon time and location. It is hereby acknowledged by the <br />parties that any such training would be supplemental to any trainin g required by the State or any other <br />governmental body for correctional officers. The County recognizes and acknowledges that the County <br />shall be responsible for training of its own employees and agents. County training of its own staff shall <br />include training regarding intake and screening, and medical services for inmates, as required by federal <br />and/or state statute, regulation, and/or law. <br /> <br />SHP recognizes that certain training of SHP medical staff may need to be accomplished by the <br />County for the purposes of inmate interaction, and as may be required by statute, regulation and/or law. <br />SHP may require reimbursement of these training period hours if they are over and above the contracted <br />on-site hours as agreed upon within the proposal and this Agreement. <br /> <br />Section 4.4 is hereby inserted with a new provision as follows: <br /> <br />4.4 Officer Staffing Levels. It is understood SHP medical staff are given clearance to work <br />and perform medical functions within the Jail. Should staffing levels of the correctional staff fall below an <br />acceptable standard causing the SHP medical staff to be unable to complete such services in a timely <br />manner, the County shall be responsible for the consequences of the same, for any resulting <br />noncompliance with County, State, or Federal entity requirements or regulations, including, but not limited <br />to, any resulting failed inspection and/or audit by County, State or Federal entity. SHP medical staff shall <br />document and report such issues of backlogs created by inadequate officer staffing level s to the Jail <br />Administrator. The County shall, upon notification by SHP, exercise every effort to bring officer staffing <br />levels back up to standard within a reasonable period of time. <br /> <br />Section 5.5 is hereby inserted with a new provision as follows: <br /> <br />5.5 Infection Control – Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). SHP and County understand <br />that adequate infection control PPE are essential and necessary for the health and safety of the agents, <br />employees and subcontractors of SHP as well as for the health a nd safety of inmates and County's staff, <br />consistent with the correctional setting. SHP shall be financially responsible for the reasonable costs <br />3