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AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT
WITH THE SOUTH TEXAS SPEECH, HEARING AND LANGUAGE
CENTER, A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE
A PART HEREOF, MARKED EXHIBIT "A ".
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
SECTION 1. That the City Manager be and he is hereby authorized
to execute a contract with the South Texas Speech, Hearing and Language
Center, as more fu-Uy set forth in the contract, a copy of which is attached
hereto and made a part hereof, marked Exhibit "A ".
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THE STATE OF TEXAS b
COUNTY OF NUECES
WHEREAS, the South Texas Speech, Hearing and Language Center (here-
inafter called "Center "), a nonprofit corporation located at 3455 South
Alameda, Corpus Christi, has been providing, since 1965, diagnostic evaluations
and therapy services to the citizens of the City of Corpus Christi with speech
and hearing problems; and
WHEREAS, the abovementioned services are provided regardless of
ability to pay and when the payment of the full fee for the services rendered,
as per the fee schedule which is attached hereto and masked Exhibit "A ", would
create an undue financial burden on the recipient of the services, the recip-
ient is charged a discounted fee based upon his ability to pay; and
WHEREAS. from February 1, 1973, through January 31, 1974, ( "base
period ") 10,477 patient visits were made to the Center by the citizens of the
City of Corpus Christi receiving discounted fees; and
WHEREAS, if each such patient visit had been billed according to
Exhibit "A ", the total bills for the services of the Center during the base
period would have been $50,482; and
WHEREAS, since each such patient visit was billed at a discounted
fee, only a total of $35,311 was billed for such services; and
WHEREAS, the total discount allowed for such services during the
base period was $15,171; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas finds
that the payment of $15,00b 'of the total discount figure for the above is in
the interest of the health and welfare of the citizens of this City; end
WHEREAS, the City of Corpus Christi, a municipal corporation and
body politic operating under the home rule statutes of the State of Texas,
hereinafter called ( "City "), has appropriated $15,000 in its budget for this
expenditure, for the purpose of aiding the Center in carrying out its speech
and hearing therapy programs for the indigent:
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual payments,
covenants and conditions contained herein, do City and Center hereby agree,
covenant and contract as follows:
A. City agrees as follows:
1. To reimburse the Center for $15,000 of the $15,171 dis-
counted by Center for its diagnostic evaluations and therapy services to the
citizens of City during the base period, as set out above and as shown by the
schedule attached hereto and marked Exhibit "B ".
B. Center agrees as follows:
1. To keep and maintain such records as may be prescribed by City
to support the data and figures upon which this contract is based and to show
how the money granted herein was expended for so long as City determines it is
necessary to keep and maintain said records.
2. To provide free and unlimited access to said records at any
reasonable hour to auditors from City, and /or auditors from the United States
Government.
3. To use uniform reasonable standards to determine if, when, how,
under what conditions and who is entitled to a discounted fee for the services
rendered in Center or the basis of creation of an undue financial burden on the
part of the recipient of such services. As a guideline in this regard, the
Center shall use the standards employed by Memorial Medical Center.
4. That the funds received under this contract shall not be used
to-obtain any matching Federal funds, directly or indirectly, under any Federal
program.
5. That the Center will not discriminate or refuse to provide
any of its services to any party on the grounds of race, color, national origin,
or sex.
6. In the event all or any part of the funds received by the
Center in accordance with this contract are finally determined, after an audit
conducted by the City and /or the United States - Government to have been wrongfully
or illegally expended, the Center will reimburse the City in an amount equal
to 110% of any amount so determined to have been wrongfully or illegally
expended.
7. Reserves the right to change or amend the fee schedule as it
appears in Exhibit "A" at any time provided that the City be notified of any
such change.
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C. Both pasties agree that this contract is for services already
rendered and does not constitute any agreement whatsoever by the City to pay
for any services rendered after January 31, 1974, nor shall this contract be
interpreted in any way as an indication of any future City financial partici-
pation.
WITNESS OUR HANDS IN DUPLICATE ORIGINALS at Corpus Christi, Texas,
binding the respective parties, this day of September, 1974•
ATTEST: CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
By
City Secretary R. Mervin Townsend
City Manager
APPROVED:
SOUTH TEXAS SPEECH, HEARING AND LANGUAGE
DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1974: CENTER
City Attorney By.
David E. Clark, Jr.
President
ATTEST:
Secretary
EXHIBIT "A"
FEE SCHEDULE
Speech Evaluation
Hearing Test
Pediatric Hearing Test
(Two staff members required)
Hearing Aid Check
Hearing Aid Evaluation
Advanced Hearing Test Battery (SAAB)
Consult (In CCH &S Center Offices)
Consult (Off Site)
Group Therapy
Individual Therapy
$40.00
20.00
25.00
15.00
25.00
25.00
.P
10.00 — 1/2 hr.
12.50 — 1/2 hr.
4.00 — 1/2 hr.
6.00 — 112 firs.
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SOUTH TEXAS SPEECH, HEARING & LANGUAGE CENTER
CORPUS CHRISTI PATIENTS
RECAP SHEET
February 1, 1973 — January 31, 1974
Discounts provided residents of Corpus Christi who were unable to pay standard fees.
MONTH
STANDARD FEE
AMOUNT CHARGED
AMOUNT DISCOUNTED
February, 1973
$ 4,402.00
$ 2,841.00
$ 1,561.00
March
4,853.00
3,191.00
1,662.00
April
5,726.00
3,306.25
2,419.75
May
4,915.00
3.503.25
1,411.75
June
3,570.00
2,687.00
883.00
July
3,744.00
2,755.00
989.00
August
9,756.00
7,965.00
1,790.50
September
2,744.00
1,724.00
1,020.00
October
2,185.00
1,515.50
669.50
November
2,535.00
1,388.00
1,147.00
December
1,284.00
896.50
387.50
January, 1974
4,768.00
3,538.00
1,230.00
(12) Twelve Month Total:
$50,482.00
$35,311.00
$15,171.00
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That the foregoing ordinance was read for t e first time and passed
to its second reading on this the day of 19, by the
following vote:
Jason Luby
James T. Acuff
Rev. Harold T. Branch
Thomas V. Gonzales
Ricardo Gonzalez
Gabe Lozano, Sr. _
J. Howard Stark
That the foregoing ordinance was read Xo the second timg.an¢ passed
to its third reading on this the _day of 19
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by the
following vote:
Jason Luby
James T. Acuff
Rev. Harold T. Branch
Thomas V. Gonzales Al
Ricardo Gonzalez
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
J. Howard Stark
That the fore o ordinanc wa r ad fog the xhird time and passed
finally on this the day of ' 1_. %fG, by the following vote:
Jason Luby
James T. Acuff
Rev. Harold T. Branch
Thomas V. Gonzales
Ricardo Gonzalez
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
J. Howard Stark
PASSED AND APPROVED, this the
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THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRIST , TEXAS