IV 
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 contribu-
tions; 
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 utiliza-
tion of mental health services and 63.7 percent of the es-
timated 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 subpopula-
tion so that specific culturally and linguistically appro-
priate 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 commu-
nities 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 nec-
essary training and ongoing support; 
Whereas historical discrimination and current racial violence 
toward AANHPIs increases trauma and stress, under-
lying precursors to mental health problems; 
Whereas there is a critical need to raise awareness about and 
improve mental health literacy among the AANHPI com-
munity to reduce the stigma associated with mental 
health issues; and 
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Whereas May is both National Asian American, Native Ha-
waiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, an oppor-
tunity to celebrate the vast contributions of this popu-
lation to American society, and National Mental Health 
Awareness Month, recognizing the importance of mental 
health to the well-being and health of families and com-
munities and connecting the importance of one’s cultural 
heritage to good mental health: Now, therefore be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the designation of ‘‘National Asian 
American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 
Mental Health Day’’; 
(2) recognizes the importance of mental health 
to the well-being and health of families and commu-
nities; 
(3) acknowledges the importance of raising 
awareness about mental health and improving the 
quality of care for Asian American, Native Hawai-
ian, and Pacific Islander communities; 
(4) recognizes that celebrating one’s cultural 
and linguistic heritage is beneficial to mental health; 
and 
(5) encourages Federal, State, and local health 
agencies to adopt laws, policies, and guidance to im-
prove help-seeking rates for mental health services 
for the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pa-
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cific Islander community and other communities of 
color. 
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