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This resolution supports designating National Dystonia Awareness Month to raise public awareness and understanding of the condition and recognizes the need for additional research to find a cure. (Dystonia is a neurological disorder that is characterized by repetitive, involuntary muscle contractions.)

This resolution designates December 3, 2019, as National Phenylketonuria Awareness Day. (Phenylketonuria or PKU is a rare, inherited metabolic disorder that can cause intellectual disability and other neurological problems.)

Ellie Helton, Lisa Colagrossi, Teresa Anne Lawrence, and Jennifer Sedney Focused Research Act or Ellie's LawThis bill authorizes appropriations for the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to conduct or support research on unruptured brain aneurysms in a patient population diversified by age, sex, and race.

Ellie Helton, Lisa Colagrossi, Teresa Anne Lawrence, and Jennifer Sedney Focused Research Act or Ellie's LawThis bill authorizes appropriations for the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to conduct or support research on unruptured brain aneurysms in a patient population diversified by age, sex, and race.

This resolution supports the designation of Pain Awareness Month to bring attention to migraine and headache disorders and their disproportionate impact on women.

Adult Day Center Enhancement Act This bill institutes several requirements for the Administration for Community Living (ACL) relating to certain adult day programs. Specifically, the ACL must conduct a survey of current programs for individuals, including young adults, with neurological diseases or conditions such as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, or traumatic brain injury. In addition to identifying successful programs, the ACL must also develop best practices for establishing such programs. The ACL must also establish a grant program to fund adult day programs that serve younger people with neurological diseases or conditions.

Eating Disorder Prevention in Schools Act of 2020 This bill requires local educational agencies (LEAs) participating in the school lunch or breakfast programs to include goals for reducing disordered eating in children of all sizes in their local school wellness policies. Such LEAs must also include registered dietitians and licensed mental health professionals in the development, implementation, and periodic review of such policies. The bill also requires the Department of Agriculture to provide information and technical assistance to LEAs, school food authorities, school health professionals, and state educational agencies for use in establishing healthy school environments. Such technical assistance must promote eating disorder prevention and encourage screening for such disorders.

Emergency Support for Substance Use Disorders Act This bill requires the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to award grants to states, other jurisdictions, and community-based entities for harm reduction activities to address drug misuse during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.

This resolution recognizes addiction as a treatable, chronic medical disease and supports evidence-based treatment for substance use disorder and efforts to prevent and destigmatize addiction.

This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that investments in mental health care and substance use disorder care are necessary to address the high prevalence of those suffering from behavioral health conditions. It also recognizes the need for health care reform to integrate mental health care and substance use disorder treatment in the health care system.

Functional Gastrointestinal and Motility Disorders Research Enhancement Act of2019 This bill allows the National Institutes of Health to expand, intensify, and coordinate its activities with respect to functional gastrointestinal and motility disorders (FGIMDs), including by * expanding basic and clinical research into FGIMDs by implementing the research recommendations of the National Commission on Digestive Diseases, * providing support for the establishment of centers of excellence on FGIMDs, * supporting innovative approaches to educating health care providers and patients regarding strategies that improve patient-provider relationships and care, * directing the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) to provide the necessary funding for the continued expansion and advancement of the FGIMDs research portfolio, and * directing NIDDK and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to expand research into FGIMDs that impact children. The Department of Health and Human Services may engage in public awareness and education activities to increase understanding and recognition of FGIMDs.

This bill extends the tax exclusion of damages on account of injuries or sickness to include post-traumatic stress disorder.

National Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases Control and Accountability Act of2019 This bill establishes the Office of Oversight and Coordination for Tick-Borne Diseases within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The office must oversee the creation of a national strategy to address Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases and disorders. The national strategy must include program assessments, benchmarks for progress, and recommendations from the previously established Tick-Borne Disease Working Group. The bill also requires HHS to undertake specific actions that promote research, prevention, and treatment of Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases and disorders. Among other things, HHS must: * support expansive research into the pathology, diagnosis, and treatment of such diseases and disorders; * establish a surveillance system to track the prevalence of such diseases and disorders in humans; * establish a surveillance system to track the prevalence of disease-carrying ticks; * conduct educational campaigns; and * hold a series of research symposiums.

Neuromyelitis Optica Consortium Act This bill requires the National Institutes of Health to establish, administer, and coordinate a national consortium on neuromyelitis optica (NMO), which is a neurological disease that can cause blindness and paralysis. The consortium must * award grants for research on the causes of, and the risk factors and biomarkers associated with, NMO; * assemble a panel of experts to provide guidance and recommendations on research design and protocols; and * designate a central laboratory to collect and analyze data from this research and to make the data and analysis available to researchers.

This resolution expresses the support of the House of Representatives for recognized standards of education, training, and skills to deliver substance use disorder counseling and recognizes the addiction professionals who provide these services.