MI HR0388

Recognizes myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) as a serious, disabling disease affecting over 41,500 Michigan residents and an estimated 17 million people worldwide.

Notes that the National Academy of Medicine found ME/CFS leaves patients with significantly lower quality of life, with 25 percent homebound or bedbound and 50-75 percent unable to work, creating $17-24 million in annual economic burden.

Recommends the National Institutes of Health increase funding for ME/CFS research to levels comparable to similarly serious diseases and encourages Michigan universities to prioritize research on this underserved condition.

Recommends the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention disseminate updated ME/CFS medical education aligned with recommendations from the National Academy of Medicine and disease experts to address medical community skepticism.

Directs copies of the resolution to Michigan's congressional delegation, the CDC Director, NIH Director, and Michigan Association of State Universities.