Whereas many people with serious, chronic mental illness, such as schizophrenia and other schizoaffective disorders, bipolar disorder, or severe depression, require treatment with medications that work as dopamine receptor blocking agents (referred to in this preamble as DRBAs ), including antipsychotics; Whereas many people who have gastrointestinal disorders, including gastroparesis, nausea, and vomiting also require treatment with DRBAs; Whereas, while ongoing treatment with DRBAs can be lifesaving, for some people it can also lead to Tardive Dyskinesia; Whereas Tardive Dyskinesia is a movement disorder that is characterized by random, involuntary, and uncontrolled movements of different muscles in the face, trunk, and extremities; Whereas, in some cases, Tardive Dyskinesia may— (1) cause people to experience movement of the arms, legs, fingers, and toes; (2) affect the tongue, lips, and jaw; and (3) cause swaying movements of the trunk or hips and may impact the muscles associated with walking, speech, eating, and breathing; Whereas Tardive Dyskinesia can develop months, years, or decades after a person starts taking DRBAs and even after a person has discontinued use of those medications; Whereas not everyone who takes a DRBA develops Tardive Dyskinesia, but if Tardive Dyskinesia develops, it is often persistent; Whereas common risk factors for Tardive Dyskinesia include advanced age and alcoholism or other substance use disorders; Whereas postmenopausal women and people with a mood disorder are also at higher risk of developing Tardive Dyskinesia; Whereas a person is at higher risk for Tardive Dyskinesia after taking DRBAs for 3 months, but the longer the person is on these medications, the higher the risk of developing Tardive Dyskinesia; Whereas studies suggest that the overall risk of developing Tardive Dyskinesia after taking DRBAs is between 10 and 30 percent; Whereas it is estimated that over 600,000 people in the United States suffer from Tardive Dyskinesia