SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 932
WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to
recognize Dr. Lannette Linthicum, who has received the 2011 E. R.
Cass Correctional Achievement Award; and
WHEREAS, This prestigious award is presented by the
American Correctional Association and is named in honor of Edward
R. Cass, who dedicated more than 50 years of his life to improving
correctional practices and advancing the goals of the
association; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Linthicum is the director for health services
at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; she supervises the
medical care of 155,000 men and women housed in 112 facilities
across the state, and she is nationally recognized for the
compassionate care she has provided to Texas inmates over the
years; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Linthicum began her career with the
department in 1986 as the unit health authority for the
Huntsville Prison Facility; in 1988, she opened the Estelle Unit
Central Region Medical Facility, and she has held her current
position as director for health services for the department for
the last 13 years; she has shown a high degree of innovation and
professional accountability, and she has worked to provide
access to compassionate and skilled medical treatment for all
offenders; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Linthicum has strengthened quality and
ethical standards through the creation of a health care
ombudsman's office; she has further worked to advance
correctional health care on a national scale by developing
clinical practice guidelines and standards; and
WHEREAS, She is truly deserving of recognition for her
dedication and her many professional achievements; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 82nd
Legislature, hereby commend Dr. Lannette Linthicum on her
commitment to improving correctional health care and extend to
her congratulations on receiving the 2011 E. R. Cass Correctional
Achievement Award from the American Correctional Association;
and, be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
her as an expression of high regard from the Texas Senate.
Whitmire
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President of the Senate
I hereby certify that the
above Resolution was adopted by
the Senate on May 6, 2011.
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Secretary of the Senate
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Member, Texas Senate