SPONSOR: Patterson
COMMITTEE ACTION: Voted "Do Pass" by the Standing Committee on Health and Mental Health Policy by a vote of 15 to 0.
This resolution designates the week of May 2, 2021, as "Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week" in Missouri and encourages citizens to educate themselves about Tardive Dyskinesia.
PROPONENTS: Supporters say that the bill will increase awareness of Tardive Dyskinesia which is a movement disorder that is characterized by uncontrollable, abnormal and repetitive movements of the face, torso, or other body parts that can be disruptive and negatively impact patients by impacting them socially, emotionally, and physically.
Testifying for the bill was Representative Patterson.
OPPONENTS: There was no opposition voiced to the committee.