That the Senate— (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 about, treatment for, and prevention of malnutrition; (3) recognizes the importance of Federal nutrition programs, including the nutrition programs under title III of the Older Americans Act of 1965 ( 42 U.S.C. 3021 et seq. ) and Federal child nutrition programs, for their role in combating malnutrition; (4) supports increased funding for the critical programs described in paragraph (3); (5) 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; (6) recognizes the importance of the innovative research conducted by the National Institutes of Health relating to— (A) nutrition, dietary patterns, and the human gastrointestinal microbiome; and (B) how the factors described in subparagraph (A) influence the prevention or development of chronic disease throughout the lifespan; (7) supports access to malnutrition screening and assessment for all patients; (8) encourages the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to evaluate the implementation of newly approved malnutrition electronic clinical quality measures; and (9) acknowledges the importance of access to healthy food for children, especially in childcare settings and schools, and the benefits of evidence-based nutrition standards.