Bill Text: CA AR19 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Resolution 19

Introduced

Bill Title: Relative to Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 54-18)

Status: (Passed) 2023-05-08 - Read. Adopted. (Page 1489.). [AR19 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AR19-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

House Resolution

No. 19

Introduced by Assembly Member Boerner Horvath

March 07, 2023

Relative to Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

HR 19, as introduced, Boerner Horvath.

WHEREAS, Many people with serious mental health conditions, such as bipolar disorder, major depression, schizophrenia, and schizoaffective disorder, or gastrointestinal disorders, including gastroparesis, nausea, and vomiting, may be treated with medications that work as dopamine receptor blocking agents (DRBAs), including antipsychotics; and

WHEREAS, While ongoing treatment with these medications can be necessary, prolonged use can also lead to Tardive Dyskinesia (TD), an involuntary movement disorder that is characterized by uncontrollable, abnormal, and repetitive movements of the face, torso, or other body parts; and

WHEREAS, It is estimated that TD affects approximately 600,000 people in the United States and approximately 70 percent of people with TD remain undiagnosed, making it important to raise awareness about the symptoms and impact of TD because even mild symptoms of TD can have physical, social, and emotional consequences; and

WHEREAS, It is important for people taking DRBA medication to be monitored for TD. Regular screening for TD in these patients is recommended by the American Psychiatric Association; and

WHEREAS, Clinical research has led to the availability of two treatments for adults with TD by the United States Food and Drug Administration; and

WHEREAS, The Assembly can raise awareness of TD in the public and medical community; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, That the Assembly proclaims the week of May 7, 2023, as Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week, and encourages everyone in the United States to become better informed about, and aware of, Tardive Dyskinesia; and be it further

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.