That Congress— (1) supports the designation of Malnutrition Awareness Week ; (2) recognizes registered dietitian nutritionists and other nutrition professionals, health care providers, school food service workers, social workers, advocates, caregivers, and other professionals and agencies for their efforts to advance awareness, treatment, and prevention of malnutrition; (3) recognizes the importance of existing Federal nutrition programs, like Older Americans Act of 1965 ( 42 U.S.C. 3001 et seq. ) nutrition programs and Federal child nutrition programs, for their role in combating malnutrition, and supports increased funding for these critical programs; (4) recognizes— (A) the importance of medical nutrition therapy under the Medicare Program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq. ); and (B) the need for vulnerable populations to have access to nutrition counseling; (5) recognizes the importance of the innovative research conducted by the National Institutes of Health on— (A) nutrition, dietary patterns, and the human gastrointestinal microbiome; and (B) how those factors influence the prevention or development of chronic disease throughout the lifespan; (6) supports access to malnutrition screening and assessment for all patients; (7) encourages the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to evaluate the implementation of newly approved malnutrition electronic clinical quality measures; and (8) acknowledges the importance of healthy food access for children, especially in childcare settings and schools, and the benefits of evidence-based nutrition standards.