SM 4 — MOVEMENT DISORDER CENTER & TRAINING

SENATE MEMORIAL 4 53RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 2018 INTRODUCED BY Gerald Ortiz y Pino 6 8 10 A MEMORIAL REQUESTING THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO TO ESTABLISH A MOVEMENT DISORDERS CENTER TO PROVIDE CURRICULUM TO TRAIN MEDICAL TRAINEES IN MOVEMENT DISORDERS AND TO PROVIDE TREATMENT FOR THOSE AFFLICTED WITH MOVEMENT DISORDERS.

168 WHEREAS, movement disorders are a group of neurological e t 17 illnesses that affect one's ability to move normally and w l n d 18 include Parkinson's disease, essential tremor and other tremor = = 19 a l disorders, Tourette syndrome, Huntington's disease, dystonia, i a e r 20 restless legs syndrome and ataxia;

and a t m m 21 WHEREAS, collectively, these disorders affect up to ten d r e 22 million people in the United States, more than two hundred c e s k 23 fifty thousand of whom live in New Mexico, and these numbers e a n b 24 are expected to rise with the aging of the population;

and u [ WHEREAS, movement disorders are mostly chronic, .209194.1 progressive brain disorders for which there is currently no cure;

and WHEREAS, a movement disorders center provides a means to minimize and manage the morbidity associated with movement SM 4 disorders;

and Page 1 WHEREAS, movement disorders patients require an accurate early diagnosis, best medical management practices and a multidisciplinary approach to address the myriad chronic issues that patients and caregivers face daily;

and e e 17 WHEREAS, at a movement disorders center, movement e e n d 18 disorders patients routinely receive care from allied health = = l ] 19 professionals such as neuropsychologists and physical, a l r i 20 occupational and speech therapists;

and t e a t WHEREAS, medical treatments for movement disorders include m m 21 e d r e 22 medications that require sophisticated individual management c e r c 23 and a team approach;

and e a n b 24 WHEREAS, there are currently only three neurologists in u [ New Mexico who have fellowship training in movement disorders:

.209194.1 - 2 - one who is limited largely to serving the United States veterans health administration and two others with only limited availability for new patients;

and WHEREAS, the symptoms of patients who experience long delays in gaining access to specialty movement disorders care SM 4 Page 2 often worsen considerably during their waits;

and e e 17 WHEREAS, Colorado and Arizona both have many movement e e n d 18 disorders centers, which are often located at teaching = = l ] 19 hospitals that are specially able to treat these movement a l r i 20 disorders and provide a comprehensive level of care that is not t e a t available in New Mexico;

and m m 21 e d r e 22 WHEREAS, the university of New Mexico provides New Mexico c e r c 23 with access to a teaching hospital that houses a neuroscience e a n b 24 center;

u [ NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE .209194.1 - 3 - OF NEW MEXICO that the board of regents of the university of New Mexico be requested to devise a plan to create a movement disorders center that is staffed with movement disorders specialists with fellowship training and provides support and allied health care to patients;

and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the board of regents of the university of New Mexico be requested to house the movement disorders center in a facility that has physical access that SM 4 Page 3 is appropriate for providing care to patients with movement disorders;

and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be e e 17 transmitted to the president of the board of regents of the e e n d 18 university of New Mexico, the president of the university of = = l ] 19 New Mexico, the chancellor for health sciences of the a l r i 20 university of New Mexico and the chair and vice chair of the t e a t legislative health and human services committee.

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