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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 681 

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

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

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 9, 2024 

Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. CANTWELL, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, 

Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. FETTERMAN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. MARKEY, 

Mr. PADILLA, Mr. SCHATZ, and Ms. WARREN) submitted the following 

resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 

Labor, and Pensions 

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 (referred to in this preamble as ‘‘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 background, education level, types 

of employment, languages spoken, cultures of origin, acculturation, and migration and colonization status; 


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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 to 2020, AANHPI youth ages 10 to 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 Native Hawaiian 

and Pacific Islander communities due to colonization; 

Whereas there is a need to significantly increase the number 

of providers, including paraprofessionals, representing 

AANHPI communities and provide them with necessary 

training and ongoing support; 

Whereas historical discrimination and current racial violence 

toward AANHPIs increase 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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tunity to celebrate the vast contributions of this population to the society of the United States, 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 Senate— 

2 (1) supports the designation of May 10, 2024, 

3 ‘‘National Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and 

4 Pacific Islander 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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