Terry Cline

{{Short description|American psychologist and public health policy specialist}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Terry L. Cline | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1958}} | birth_place = Ardmore, Oklahoma | death_date = | death_place = | office = Oklahoma Secretary of Health and Human Services | governor = Mary Fallin | term_start = February 1, 2011 | term_end = October 30, 2017 | predecessor = Terri L. White | successor = Jerome Loughridge (yet to be confirmed) | occupation = Psychologist | party = | alma_mater = University of Oklahoma Oklahoma State University | spouse = | children = | website = [http://www.ok.gov/health/Organization/Commissioner_of_Health/ Oklahoma State Department of Health] | footnotes = | office2 = 20th Commissioner of the Oklahoma State Department of Health | governor2 = Brad Henry Mary Fallin | term_start2 = June 30, 2009 | term_end2 = | predecessor2 = Michael Crutcher | successor2 = Preston Doerflinger | office3 = Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration | term_start3 = December 2006 | term_end3 = August 2008 | president3 = George W. Bush | predecessor3 = Charles Curie | successor3 = Pamela S. Hyde | office4 = Oklahoma Secretary of Health | term_start4 = 2004 | term_end4 = 2006 | governor4 = Brad Henry | predecessor4 = Tom Adelson | successor4 = Michael Crutcher | office5 = Commissioner of the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services | term_start5 = 2001 | term_end5 = 2006 | governor5 = Frank Keating Brad Henry | predecessor5 = | successor5 = Terri L. White }}

'''Terry L. Cline''' (born 1958) is an American psychologist and public health policy specialist from Oklahoma. Cline resigned on October 30, 2017 from the Oklahoma State Department of Health. He has served in various positions under Governors of Oklahoma Frank Keating (R), Brad Henry (D), and Mary Fallin (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 federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 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 Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services as well as Oklahoma Secretary of Health under Governor of Oklahoma Brad Henry.<ref name="WB-Tulsa">Staff (21 March 2009) "Welcome Back" ''Tulsa World'' (Tulsa, Oklahoma) p. A-14</ref>

==Early career== Cline grew up in Ardmore, Oklahoma and attended the University of Oklahoma, 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, following which he held a six-year appointment as a clinical instructor in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School 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 in Washington D.C. 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 Cambridge, Massachusetts and was employed as a Staff Psychologist at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts.

==Keating Administration== Cline returned to Oklahoma to accept the position of Commissioner of the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services during the administration of Republican Governor Frank Keating. 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 Governor of Oklahoma Brad Henry appointed Cline as Secretary of Health in 2004 following the resignation of Tom Adelson to run for the Oklahoma Senate. Cline continued to serve concurrently as Commissioner in addition to his duties as Health Secretary. As Secretary, Cline served as Governor Henry's chief health policy advisor and had supervision over the Oklahoma State Department of Health and the Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust.

==SAMSHA Administrator== President George W. Bush nominated Cline to serve as the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, in November 2006, and his nomination was confirmed by the U.S. Senate 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.<ref name="Leavitt">[http://www.samhsa.gov/samhsa_news/volumexvi_4/article6.htm "HHS Secretary Taps SAMHSA Administrator for New Post"] ''SAMHSA News'' (July/August 2008) 16(4): p. 1</ref> 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. He replaced Michael Crutcher who had retired the previous January.<ref name="WB-Tulsa"/>

==Fallin Administration== On February 1, 2011, Republican Governor of Oklahoma Mary Fallin announced she had selected Commissioner Cline to serve as the Oklahoma Secretary of Health and Human Services 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.<ref>[http://www.newsok.com/oklahoma-governor-names-health-and-human-services-secretary/article/3537056 Oklahoma Governor names Health and Human Services Secretary], by Michael McNutt, Tulsa World, 2011-02-01</ref>

== Resignation == On October 30, 2017, Cline submitted his resignation to the State Board of Health, during an emergency meeting of the Board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ok.gov/triton/modules/newsroom/newsroom_article.php?id=150&article_id=37427|title=Board of Health Accepts Commissioner Terry Clines Resignation|last=|first=|date=October 30, 2017|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=October 2, 2019}}</ref> The Board named Preston Doerflinger 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.koco.com/article/oklahoma-auditor-says-agency-concerns-prompt-audit-request/13127333|title=Oklahoma auditor says agency 'concerns' prompt audit request|date=2017-10-31|website=KOCO|language=en|access-date=2019-10-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sai.ok.gov/Search%20Reports/database/OSDH18WebFinal.pdf|title=Investigative Audit - Oklahoma State Department of Health|last=|first=|date=May 15, 2018|website=Oklahoma State Auditor and Inspector|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=October 2, 2019}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist|colwidth=30em}}

{{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{s-bef|before= }} {{s-ttl|title=Commissioner of the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Under Governors Frank Keating and Brad Henry|years=2001–2006}} {{s-aft|after=Terri L. White}}

{{s-bef|before=Tom Adelson}} {{s-ttl|title=Oklahoma Secretary of Health Under Governor Brad Henry|years=2004–2006}} {{s-aft|after=Michael Crutcher}}

{{s-bef|before=Charles Curie}} {{s-ttl|title=Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Under President George W. Bush|years=2006–2008}} {{s-aft|after=Pamela S. Hyde}}

{{s-bef|before=Michael Crutcher}} {{s-ttl|title=Commissioner of the Oklahoma State Department of Health Under Governors Brad Henry and Mary Fallin|years=2009–present}} {{s-inc}}

{{s-bef|before=Terri L. White}} {{s-ttl|title=Oklahoma Secretary of Health and Human Services Under Governor Mary Fallin|years=February 1, 2011 –present}} {{s-inc}}

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