DIGNITY HEALTH DI AGREEMENT AMD 2.PDF

SECOND AMENDMENT TO DIETITIAN OBSERVER AGREEMENT
THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO DIETITIAN OBSERVER AGREEMENT
(“Amendment”) is entered into effective the later of August 1, 2021, or the last date signed
below (“Renewal Effective Date’), by and between Dignity Health, a California nonprofit public
benefit corporation d/b/a St. Joseph’s Hospital & Medical Center ("SJHMC’) and Mercy Gilbert
Medical Center (“MGMC’), and Dignity Community Care, a Colorado nonprofit corporation
d/b/a Chandler Regional Medical Center (“CRMC”) (SJHMC, MGMC and CRMC are each a
“Hospital” and collectively referred to as “Hospital’), and Maricopa County, By and For Its
Department of Public Health (“DPH”), amending that certain Dietitian Observer Agreement
entered into by the Parties effective October 20, 2014, as amended (the “Agreement’).
THE PARTIES agree as follows:
1. The Parties amend in full Section 3.1 of the Agreement to read as follows:
“Term. This Agreement shall expire on July 31, 2023 (the “Expiration
Date”).”
2. Pursuant to a Ministry
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through the date hereof (“MAA”), Dignity Health, a California nonprofit public benefit
corporation (“Dignity Health”), and Catholic Health Initiatives combined their respective health
ministries into a single national nonprofit health system. Effective as of the Effective Date of the
MAA (February 1, 2019), (1) ownership of Chandler Regional Medical Center (“Assigned
Hospitals”) was transferred to Dignity Community Care, a Colorado nonprofit corporation
(“Dignity Care”), (11) Dignity Care is joined as a party to this Agreement with respect the
Assigned Hospitals, (111) this Agreement is assigned by Dignity Health to Dignity Care with
respect to the Assigned Hospitals, (iv) Dignity Care assumes all rights and obligations of Dignity
Health under the Agreement with respect to the Assigned Hospitals, and (v) Dignity Health
retains its rights and obligations under the Agreement with respect to the Hospitals that are not
Assigned Hospitals. Any reference in the Agreement to “Dignity Health” shall mean “Dignity
Health” or “Dignity Community Care” as appropriate, and the assignment with respect to the
Assigned Hospitals is effective without any notice or consent.
3. All other terms and conditions of the Agreement shall remain unchanged, and except
as expressly modified by this Amendment, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
This Amendment may be executed by the Parties in any number of separate counterparts and all
of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.
Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the
Agreement.
4. IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, intending to be legally bound, each party has caused this
Agreement to be signed by its duly authorized officer as of the final date of signature written below:
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DIGNITY HEALTH, d/b/a ST. MARICOPA COUNTY, BY AND FOR
JOSEPH’S HOSPITAL AND ITS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
MEDICAL CENTER and MERCY HEALTH
GILBERT MEDICAL CENTER, and
DIGNITY COMMUNITY CARE d/b/a
CHANDLER REGIONAL MEDICAL
CENTER
By:
Linda Hunt, Sr. Vice President of Chairman
Operations, Arizona Maricopa County Board of
Supervisors
Date: Date:
Attest:
Clerk of the Board Date
Director, MCDPH Date
Approved as to Form Date
Deputy County Attorney
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