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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1217 

Supporting the designation of May 10, 2024, as ‘‘National Asian American, 

Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Mental Health Day’’. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 10, 2024 

Ms. CHU (for herself, Ms. TOKUDA, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. 

SABLAN, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. MULLIN, Ms. TITUS, Ms. MENG, Mr. 

KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. THANEDAR, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. 

DESAULNIER, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. CASE, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. 

POCAN, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. KIM of New Jersey, Ms. SA ́NCHEZ, 

Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. PETERS, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. 

BERA, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. MENENDEZ, Ms. 

BARRAGA ́N, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. PANETTA, Ms. NORTON, 

and Ms. LEE of Nevada) submitted the following resolution; which was 

referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

RESOLUTION 

Supporting the designation of May 10, 2024, as ‘‘National 

Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 

Mental Health Day’’. 

Whereas the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific 

Islander (AANHPI) community is among the fastest 

growing population groups in the United States and has 

made significant economic, cultural, and social contributions; 

Whereas the AANHPI community is extremely diverse in 

terms of socioeconomic levels, education, employment, 


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language, cultures of origin, acculturation, migrant, and 

colonization status; 

Whereas AANHPIs have among the lowest rates of utilization of mental health services and 63.7 percent of the estimated 2,600,000 AANHPIs who meet criteria for a 

mental health problem do not receive treatment; 

Whereas, from 2018–2020, AANHPI youth ages 10–24 years 

old in the United States were the only racial or ethnic 

population in this age category whose leading cause of 

death was suicide; 

Whereas it is imperative to disaggregate AANHPI population 

data to get an accurate representation of the depth and 

breadth of the mental health issues for each subpopulation so that specific culturally and linguistically appropriate solutions can be developed; 

Whereas language access continues to be a critical issue 

whether due to the limited number of providers with the 

necessary language skills to provide in-language services 

or the significant language loss faced by NHPI communities due to colonization; 

Whereas there is a need to significantly increase the number 

of providers, including paraprofessionals, representing 

AANHPI communities and providing them with the necessary training and ongoing support; 

Whereas historical discrimination and current racial violence 

toward AANHPIs increases trauma and stress, underlying precursors to mental health problems; 

Whereas there is a critical need to raise awareness about and 

improve mental health literacy among the AANHPI community to reduce the stigma associated with mental 

health issues; and 


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Whereas May is both National Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, an opportunity to celebrate the vast contributions of this population to American society, and National Mental Health 

Awareness Month, recognizing the importance of mental 

health to the well-being and health of families and communities and connecting the importance of one’s cultural 

heritage to good mental health: Now, therefore be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) supports the designation of ‘‘National Asian 

3 American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 

4 Mental Health Day’’; 

5 (2) recognizes the importance of mental health 

6 to the well-being and health of families and commu7 nities; 

8 (3) acknowledges the importance of raising 

9 awareness about mental health and improving the 

10 quality of care for Asian American, Native Hawai11 ian, and Pacific Islander communities; 

12 (4) recognizes that celebrating one’s cultural 

13 and linguistic heritage is beneficial to mental health; 

14 and 

15 (5) encourages Federal, State, and local health 

16 agencies to adopt laws, policies, and guidance to im17 prove help-seeking rates for mental health services 

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1 cific Islander community and other communities of 

2 color. 

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