S. Res. 716 (Agreed to Senate) — Designating the week of October 5 through October 9, 2020, as “Malnutrition Awareness Week”.

That the Senate—

(1)

designates the week of October 5 through October 9, 2020, as “Malnutrition Awareness Week”;

(2)

recognizes registered dietitian nutritionists and other nutrition professionals, health care providers, social workers, advocates, caregivers, and other professionals and agencies for their efforts to advance awareness, treatment, and prevention of malnutrition;

(3)

(A)

recognizes the importance of existing Federal nutrition programs for their role in combating malnutrition; and

(B)

supports emergency funding for those critical Federal nutrition programs for the duration of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) pandemic;

(4)

recognizes—

(A)

the importance of medical nutrition therapy under the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.); and

(B)

the need for vulnerable populations to have access to nutrition counseling;

(5)

recognizes the importance of the innovative research conducted by the National Institutes of Health on—

(A)

nutrition, dietary patterns, and the human gastrointestinal microbiome; and

(B)

how those factors influence the prevention or development of chronic disease throughout the lifespan; and

(6)

(A)

supports access to a malnutrition screening and assessment; and

(B)

encourages the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to evaluate—

(i)

the provision of a malnutrition screening and assessment through telehealth during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) public health emergency; and

(ii)

the adoption of malnutrition electronic clinical quality measures.

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Sep 24, 2020viewing Agreed to Senate Mr. Murphy (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mrs. Feinstein, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Booker, Ms. Smith, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Manchin, Mr. King, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Coons, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Roberts, Ms. Collins, Mrs. Capito, Ms. Ernst, Ms. Rosen, and Mr. Scott of South Carolina) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary See what changed

Sep 24, 2020 Introduced in Senate Mr. Murphy (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mrs. Feinstein, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Booker, Ms. Smith, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Manchin, Mr. King, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Coons, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Roberts, Ms. Collins, and Mrs. Capito) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

Designating the week of October 5 through October 9, 2020, as “Malnutrition Awareness Week”.

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