According to the Glen Rose Reporter post of Jan 26, 2016, Elizabeth Ann Morgan was arrested for DWI. She was apparently arrested on January 21st and released from jail on Jan 22.
Elizabeth Ann Morgan, 44 of Glen Rose for DWI. Released on Jan 22.
Update: DWI incident report and jail record.
Mugshot at right is from her previous arrest for embezzling around 55 thousand dollars from Cottonwood Baptist Church.
Who is Elizabeth Morgan? She is the woman who works as at the Director level in charge of patient records (Human Information Management) and is HPPA Privacy Officer. She stole around 55 thousand dollars from Cottonwood Baptist Church in Glen Rose over a period of 3 years, pled guilty to a 3rd degree felony and in return got 10 years of probation and deferred adjudication. Liz Morgan's police record.
Now, what were the terms of her probation/Deferred adjudication?
Notice # 1 and #2, ie "Commit no offense against the laws of the State or any other State of the United States... (report any arrest including traffic tickets within ten days to the Supervision Officer) " and "Avoid injurious or vicious habits and totally abstain from the use of alcholic beverages or the illegal use of controlled substance".
At one point, one person on the Somervell County Hospital District Board made a motion to fire Ms Morgan, but could not get a second.
What is Glen Rose Medical Center's Code of Conduct.
Here's one part
Can it truly be said that having Ms Morgan in such a sensitive position that exposes patient records from ANY who go to Glen Rose Medical Center, including residents of Pecan Plantation that utilize Pecan Family Medical Clinic, is a good idea? Or that such a person is acting professionally? I continue to think that Glen Rose Medical Center administration is showing more than a poor lack of judgement by keeping Morgan on as a high level employee. This is a really good question for Ray Reynolds, CEO, as well as every member, sans one, of the Somervell County Hospital District board, whose members include Chip Harrison, John Parker, Eugene Brode, Ron Hankins, Brett Nabors and Karen Burroughs (Paul Harper made a motion to terminate Liz Morgan with no second).
P.S. Good time for a reminder about public information in Texas
Sec. 552.001. POLICY; CONSTRUCTION. (a) Under the fundamental philosophy of the American constitutional form of representative government that adheres to the principle that government is the servant and not the master of the people, it is the policy of this state that each person is entitled, unless otherwise expressly provided by law, at all times to complete information about the affairs of government and the official acts of public officials and employees. The people, in delegating authority, do not give their public servants the right to decide what is good for the people to know and what is not good for them to know. The people insist on remaining informed so that they may retain control over the instruments they have created. The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally cons1d to implement this policy.
(b) This chapter shall be liberally cons1d in favor of granting a request for information.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.