Terry L. Cline (born 1958) is an American
psychologist
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and
public health
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policy specialist from
Oklahoma
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. Cline resigned on October 30, 2017 from the
Oklahoma State Department of Health
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. He has served in various positions under
Governors of Oklahoma
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Frank Keating
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(R),
Brad Henry
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(D), and
Mary Fallin
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(R). Cline resigned his position after financial mismanagement was discovered within the Oklahoma State Department of Health.
Cline previously served as the administrator of the
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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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, an agency within the
Health and Human Services Department (HHS) from December 2006 through August 2008. Prior to that, Cline served as the Commissioner of the
as well as
Oklahoma Secretary of Health
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under
Governor of Oklahoma
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Brad Henry
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.
[Staff (21 March 2009) "Welcome Back" ''Tulsa World'' (Tulsa, Oklahoma) p. A-14]
Early career
Cline grew up in
Ardmore, Oklahoma
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and attended the
University of Oklahoma
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, where he earned a bachelor's degree in psychology in 1980. He then received both a master's degree and a PhD in clinical psychology from
Oklahoma State University
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, following which he held a six-year appointment as a clinical instructor in the Department of Psychiatry at
Harvard Medical School
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in Boston. Cline also served as the Chairman of the Governing Board for a Harvard Community Teaching Hospital in Cambridge for several years.
Cline served as a Health Care Policy Fellow at the federal Center for Mental Health Services in the
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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in
Washington D.C.
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While there, his primary focus was on the organization and financing of mental health services. During the 1990s, he served as the Clinical Director of the Cambridge Youth Guidance Center in
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and was employed as a Staff Psychologist at
McLean Hospital
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in
Belmont, Massachusetts
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.
Keating Administration
Cline returned to Oklahoma to accept the position of Commissioner of the
during the administration of Republican Governor
Frank Keating
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. He began that role in January 2001. As Commissioner, Cline was responsible for providing public health services relating to mental illness and substance abuse.
Henry Administration
Democratic
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Brad Henry
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appointed Cline as
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in 2004 following the resignation of
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to run for the
Oklahoma Senate
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and the
Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust
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.
SAMSHA Administrator
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nominated Cline to serve as the Administrator of the
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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, an agency of the
United States Department of Health and Human Services
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, in November 2006, and his nomination was confirmed by the
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in December.
At the end of August 2008, Terry Cline became the HHS Department's Health Attaché and representative at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq.
["HHS Secretary Taps SAMHSA Administrator for New Post"](_blank)
''SAMHSA News'' (July/August 2008) 16(4): p. 1 As Health Attaché, Cline coordinated HHS programs in Iraq and provided advice to the U.S. ambassador, HHS Secretary and others. He also was a liaison to Iraq's Ministries of Health, Higher Education and Social Affairs, and worked with international organizations, private partners and other U.S. government agencies engaged in health-related activities in Iraq.
State Health Commissioner
In June 2009 Cline became the Commissioner of the
Oklahoma State Department of Health
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. He replaced
Michael Crutcher who had retired the previous January.
Fallin Administration
On February 1, 2011, Republican
Governor of Oklahoma
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Mary Fallin
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announced she had selected Commissioner Cline to serve as the
Oklahoma Secretary of Health and Human Services
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in her Cabinet. As Health and Human Services Secretary, Cline had oversight over all public health and public assistance agencies of the State government. Cline continued to serve as Health Commissioner in addition to his duties as a Cabinet Secretary.
Resignation
On October 30, 2017, Cline submitted his resignation to the State Board of Health, during an emergency meeting of the Board. The Board named
Preston Doerflinger
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as the Interim Commissioner of Health during the meeting. Cline's resignation was prompted by allegations of financial mismanagement within the Department, which were subsequently investigated by the
Oklahoma State Auditor
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.
References
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1958 births
Living people
People from Ardmore, Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma alumni
Oklahoma State University alumni
Harvard Medical School faculty
State cabinet secretaries of Oklahoma
Heads of Oklahoma state agencies
McLean Hospital people
State health commissioners of the United States