,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #gaf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september
 #bd1 #bjbj,mr4 ,murphy 7for himself1   
,mr4 ,grassley1 ,mrs4 ,feinstein1 ,ms4  
,hassan1 ,mr4 ,booker1 ,ms4 ,smith1 ,ms4
 ,sinema1 ,mr4 ,manchin1 ,mr4 ,king1    
,mr4 ,blumenthal1 ,mr4 ,van ,hollen1    
,mr4 ,cramer1 ,mr4 ,wyden1 ,mr4 ,cardin1
 ,mr4 ,coons1 ,mr4 ,lankford1 ,mr4      
,tillis1 ,mr4 ,roberts1 ,ms4 ,collins1  
and ,mrs4 ,capito7 submitted the        
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on the ,judiciary    
,,resolution  ,designating the week of  
,october #e through ,october #i1 #bjbj1 
as ,malnutrition ,awareness ,week4      
,whereas malnutrition is the condition  
that occurs when a person does not get  
enough protein1 calories1 or nutrients2 
,whereas the #bjbj ,coronavirus ,disease
 #bjai 7,,covid-#ai7 pandemic 7referred 
to in this preamble as the #bjbj        
coronavirus pandemic7-- 7#a7 has        
resulted in a significant increase in   

food insecurity1 which is linked to     
malnutrition2 and  7#b7 has nearly      
doubled food insufficiency rates since  
#bjai2 ,whereas the #bjbj coronavirus   
pandemic has had a disproportionate     
impact on children1 as #ac1ijj1jjj      
children live in a household            
characterized by child food             
insufficiency1 and the rate of          
households with food insufficient       
children in #bjbj was more than #e times
 the rate of households with food       
insufficient children in #bjai2 ,whereas
 the impact of the #bjbj coronavirus    
pandemic on the chronically ill has     
forced the examination of chronic       
disease prevention1 especially through  
nutrient consumption and absorption1    
which is examined in the #bjbj-bjcj     
,strategic ,plan for ,,nih ,nutrition   
,research published by the ,national    
,institutes of ,health2 ,whereas        
malnutrition is a significant problem in
 the ,united ,states and around the     
world1 crossing all age1 racial1 class1 

gender1 and geographic lines2 ,whereas  
infants1 older adults1 people with      
chronic diseases1 and other vulnerable  
populations are particularly at risk for
 malnutrition2 ,whereas the ,american   
,academy of ,pediatrics has found that  
failure to provide key nutrients during 
early childhood may result in lifelong  
deficits in brain function2 ,whereas    
disease-associated malnutrition affects 
between #cj and #ej percent of patients 
admitted to hospitals1 and the medical  
costs of hospitalized patients with     
malnutrition can be #cjj percent more   
than the medical costs of properly      
nourished patients2 ,whereas1 according 
to the ,national ,blueprint3 ,achieving 
,quality ,malnutrition ,care for ,older 
,adults1 #bjbj ,update1 as many as  of  
older adults living in the community are
 malnourished or at risk for            
malnutrition2 ,whereas                  
disease-associated malnutrition in older
 adults alone costs the ,united ,states 
more than #ea1cjj1jjj1jjj each year2 and

 ,whereas the ,american ,society for    
,parenteral and ,enteral ,nutrition     
established ,malnutrition ,awareness    
,week to raise awareness and promote    
prevention of malnutrition across the   
lifespan3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that  
the ,senate-- 7#a7 designates the week  
of ,october #e through ,october #i1     
#bjbj1 as ,malnutrition ,awareness      
,week2  7#b7 recognizes registered      
dietitian nutritionists and other       
nutrition professionals1 health care    
providers1 social workers1 advocates1   
caregivers1 and other professionals and 
agencies for their efforts to advance   
awareness1 treatment1 and prevention of 
malnutrition2  7#c7 7,a7 recognizes the 
importance of existing ,federal         
nutrition programs for their role in    
combating malnutrition2 and  7,b7       
supports emergency funding for those    
critical ,federal nutrition programs for
 the duration of the ,coronavirus       
,disease #bjai 7,,covid-#ai7 pandemic2  
7#d7 recognizes-- 7,a7 the importance of

 medical nutrition therapy under the    
,medicare program under title ,,xviii of
 the ,social ,security ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #acie et seq472 and  7,b7 the 
need for vulnerable populations to have 
access to nutrition counseling2  7#e7   
recognizes the importance of the        
innovative research conducted by the    
,national ,institutes of ,health on--   
7,a7 nutrition1 dietary patterns1 and   
the human gastrointestinal microbiome2  
and  7,b7 how those factors influence   
the prevention or development of chronic
 disease throughout the lifespan2 and   
7#f7 7,a7 supports access to a          
malnutrition screening and assessment2  
and  7,b7 encourages the ,centers for   
,medicare  ,medicaid ,services to       
evaluate-- 7i7 the provision of a       
malnutrition screening and assessment   
through telehealth during the           
,coronavirus ,disease #bjai             
7,,covid-#ai7 public health emergency2  
and  7ii7 the adoption of malnutrition  
electronic clinical quality measures4