HM 8 — CREATE UNM MOVEMENT DISORDERS CENTER

HOUSEA MEMORIAL 8REQUESTING 53RDTHE LEGISLATUREBOARD -OF STATEREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO -TO SECONDESTABLISH SESSION,A 2018MOVEMENT INTRODUCEDDISORDERS BYCENTER DeborahTO A.PROVIDE CURRICULUM TO TRAIN MEDICAL TRAINEES IN MOVEMENT DISORDERS AND TO PROVIDE TREATMENT FOR THOSE AFFLICTED WITH MOVEMENT DISORDERS.

Armstrong 6 8 10WHEREAS, Amovement MEMORIALdisorders REQUESTINGare THEa BOARDgroup OFof REGENTSneurological OFillnesses THEthat UNIVERSITYaffect OFone's NEWability MEXICOto TOmove ESTABLISHnormally Aand MOVEMENTinclude DISORDERSParkinson's CENTERdisease, TOessential PROVIDEtremor CURRICULUMand TOother TRAINtremor MEDICALdisorders, TRAINEESTourette INsyndrome, MOVEMENTHuntington's DISORDERSdisease, ANDdystonia, TOrestless PROVIDElegs TREATMENTsyndrome FORand THOSEataxia; AFFLICTED WITH MOVEMENT DISORDERS.

16and WHEREAS, movementcollectively, these disorders are a group of neurological e t 17 illnesses that affect one'sup ability to moveten normallymillion andpeople win lthe nUnited dStates, 18more includethan Parkinson'stwo disease,hundred essentialfifty tremorthousand andof otherwhom tremorlive =in =New 19Mexico, aand lthese disorders,numbers Touretteare syndrome,expected Huntington'sto disease,rise dystonia,with ithe aaging eof rthe 20population; restless legs syndrome and ataxia;

and a t m m 21 WHEREAS, collectively,movement these disorders affectare upmostly tochronic, tenprogressive dbrain rdisorders efor 22which millionthere peopleis incurrently theno Unitedcure; 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, .209247.1 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 HM 8 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:

.209247.1 - 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 HM 8 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 HOUSE OF .209247.1 - 3 - REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE 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 HM 8 Page 3 disorders center in a facility that has physical access that 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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