H.R. No. 1769
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Dr. Lannette Linthicum, director of Health Services
for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, has received the 2011
E. R. Cass Correctional Achievement Award from the American
Correctional Association; and
WHEREAS, Established in 1962, the E. R. Cass Award was named
in tribute to the former general secretary of the ACA, who dedicated
more than a half-century to corrections; the honor recognizes
individuals who have demonstrated the same degree of selfless
dedication to the association, the corrections field, and the
community and whose achievements follow in his tradition of
excellence, integrity, and innovative leadership; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Linthicum supervises the medical care of 155,000
men and women in 112 facilities and is nationally recognized for
promoting person-centered, compassionate care; during her 13-year
tenure as director of health services, she has enhanced quality and
ethical standards by creating a health care ombudsman's office to
monitor and investigate inmate patient grievances, assist in
communicating with offenders' families and counsel, and track the
overall performance of facilities; and
WHEREAS, Working to advance correctional health care on the
national level, Dr. Linthicum serves as senior editorial board
member for the ACA journal Correctional Health Today; she was a
founding member and charter co-chair of the association's Coalition
for Correctional Health Authorities and she has held leadership
roles in a number of ACA committees, including the Standards and
Health Care Committees; moreover, she serves as chair of the ACA
Commission on Accreditation; and
WHEREAS, This dynamic Texan is developing clinical practice
guidelines and standards for correctional physicians as a member of
the task force for the National Commission on Correctional Health
Care; she has authored several articles and a textbook chapter on
correctional medicine, and she served on the board of the Society of
Correctional Physicians from 2002-2006; she was named one of the
Best in the Business by Corrections Today in 2007, and she is a
fellow of the American College of Physicians and an Advanced
Certified Correctional Health Professional; and
WHEREAS, A graduate of Smith College and the Maryland School
of Medicine, Dr. Linthicum joined the TDCJ as a National Health
Service Corps physician in 1986 and served as the unit health
authority in the Huntsville prison facility; she became Central
Region health authority two years later and subsequently opened the
Estelle Unit Central Region Medical Facility; in 1993, she became
chief of professional services in Health Services Administration,
taking on responsibility for the delivery of clinical health
services statewide, and she was promoted to director of Health
Services in January 1998; and
WHEREAS, Throughout her distinguished career, Dr. Linthicum
has set high standards of innovation and professional
accountability, and she has devoted herself tirelessly to ensuring
that Texas inmates receive competent and caring medical treatment;
now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate Dr. Lannette Linthicum on her
receipt of the 2011 E. R. Cass Correctional Achievement Award and
extend to her sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it
further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Dr. Linthicum as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.
Madden
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 1769 was adopted by the House on May
19, 2011, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House