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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Dr. Lannette Linthicum, director of Health Services |
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for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, has received the 2011 |
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E. R. Cass Correctional Achievement Award from the American |
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Correctional Association; and |
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WHEREAS, Established in 1962, the E. R. Cass Award was named |
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in tribute to the former general secretary of the ACA, who dedicated |
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more than a half-century to corrections; the honor recognizes |
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individuals who have demonstrated the same degree of selfless |
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dedication to the association, the corrections field, and the |
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community and whose achievements follow in his tradition of |
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excellence, integrity, and innovative leadership; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Linthicum supervises the medical care of 155,000 |
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men and women in 112 facilities and is nationally recognized for |
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promoting person-centered, compassionate care; during her 13-year |
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tenure as director of health services, she has enhanced quality and |
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ethical standards by creating a health care ombudsman's office to |
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monitor and investigate inmate patient grievances, assist in |
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communicating with offenders' families and counsel, and track the |
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overall performance of facilities; and |
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WHEREAS, Working to advance correctional health care on the |
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national level, Dr. Linthicum serves as senior editorial board |
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member for the ACA journal Correctional Health Today; she was a |
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founding member and charter co-chair of the association's Coalition |
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for Correctional Health Authorities and she has held leadership |
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roles in a number of ACA committees, including the Standards and |
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Health Care Committees; moreover, she serves as chair of the ACA |
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Commission on Accreditation; and |
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WHEREAS, This dynamic Texan is developing clinical practice |
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guidelines and standards for correctional physicians as a member of |
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the task force for the National Commission on Correctional Health |
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Care; she has authored several articles and a textbook chapter on |
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correctional medicine, and she served on the board of the Society of |
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Correctional Physicians from 2002-2006; she was named one of the |
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Best in the Business by Corrections Today in 2007, and she is a |
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fellow of the American College of Physicians and an Advanced |
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Certified Correctional Health Professional; and |
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WHEREAS, A graduate of Smith College and the Maryland School |
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of Medicine, Dr. Linthicum joined the TDCJ as a National Health |
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Service Corps physician in 1986 and served as the unit health |
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authority in the Huntsville prison facility; she became Central |
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Region health authority two years later and subsequently opened the |
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Estelle Unit Central Region Medical Facility; in 1993, she became |
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chief of professional services in Health Services Administration, |
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taking on responsibility for the delivery of clinical health |
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services statewide, and she was promoted to director of Health |
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Services in January 1998; and |
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WHEREAS, Throughout her distinguished career, Dr. Linthicum |
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has set high standards of innovation and professional |
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accountability, and she has devoted herself tirelessly to ensuring |
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that Texas inmates receive competent and caring medical treatment; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Dr. Lannette Linthicum on her |
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receipt of the 2011 E. R. Cass Correctional Achievement Award and |
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extend to her sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Dr. Linthicum as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |