I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2677 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for behavioral and mental 
health outreach and education strategies to reduce stigma associated 
with mental health among the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and 
Pacific Islander population. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 25, 2017 
Ms. JUDY CHU of California (for herself and Mrs. NAPOLITANO) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for 
behavioral and mental health outreach and education 
strategies to reduce stigma associated with mental health 
among the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pa-
cific Islander population. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Mental Health 
Stigma in Our Communities Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN, AND PACIFIC 
ISLANDER 
BEHAVIORAL 
AND 
MENTAL 
HEALTH OUTREACH AND EDUCATION STRAT-
EGIES. 
Part D of title V of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 290dd et seq.) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 544. BEHAVIORAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OUTREACH 
AND EDUCATION STRATEGIES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through 
the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental 
Health Services Administration, shall, in coordination with 
advocacy and behavioral and mental health organizations 
serving populations of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, 
and Pacific Islander individuals or communities, develop 
and implement an outreach and education strategy to pro-
mote behavioral and mental health and reduce stigma as-
sociated with mental health conditions and substance 
abuse among the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and 
Pacific Islander populations. Such strategy shall— 
‘‘(1) be designed to— 
‘‘(A) meet the diverse cultural and lan-
guage needs of the various Asian American, 
Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander popu-
lations; and 
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‘‘(B) ensure such strategies are develop-
mentally and age appropriate; 
‘‘(2) increase awareness of symptoms of mental 
illnesses common among such populations, taking 
into account differences within subgroups, such as 
gender, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, or 
ethnicity, of such populations; 
‘‘(3) provide information on evidence-based, cul-
turally and linguistically appropriate and adapted 
interventions and treatments; 
‘‘(4) ensure full participation of, and engage, 
both consumers and community members in the de-
velopment and implementation of materials; and 
‘‘(5) seek to broaden the perspective among 
both individuals in these communities and stake-
holders serving these communities to use a com-
prehensive public health approach to promoting be-
havioral health that addresses a holistic view of 
health by focusing on the intersection between be-
havioral and physical health. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$300,000 for fiscal year 2018.’’. 
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