IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 619 
Supporting the goals and ideals of ‘‘Minority Mental Health Awareness 
Month’’ and recognizing the disproportionate impacts of mental health 
conditions and struggles on minority populations and communities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 29, 2025 
Ms. CROCKETT (for herself, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. SALI-
NAS, Mr. BELL, Ms. CHU, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. COHEN, Mr. 
FIELDS, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. NORTON, Mr. THANEDAR, Ms. 
TOKUDA, and Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia) submitted the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting the goals and ideals of ‘‘Minority Mental Health 
Awareness Month’’ and recognizing the disproportionate 
impacts of mental health conditions and struggles on 
minority populations and communities. 
Whereas more than 1 in 5 adults in the United States live 
with a mental health condition; 
Whereas, in 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
vention reported that suicide was among the top 8 lead-
ing causes of death for people ages 10 through 64; 
Whereas the stigma surrounding mental health conditions 
significantly contributes to the decision of people with 
mental health conditions to forego treatment; 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
01:11 Jul 30, 2025
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00001
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6300
E:\BILLS\HR619.IH
HR619
ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS
•HRES 619 IH 
Whereas minority persons are more likely to experience symp-
toms of diagnosable mental health conditions than non-
minorities, with Native and Indigenous American adults 
reporting the highest rate of mental health conditions of 
any single race-identifying group; 
Whereas mental health conditions may first present them-
selves through experiencing and noticing systematic racial 
inequities and racial trauma; 
Whereas Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders faced almost 
a 150-percent surge in anti-Asian discrimination and 
xenophobic hate-related incidents during the COVID–19 
pandemic, leading to exacerbated experiences of stress, 
anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation; 
Whereas studies show that experiencing racial discrimination 
has led to a direct link to mental health issues as this 
causes sustained levels of stress, which lead to adverse 
physical, emotional, and mental health outcomes, includ-
ing post-traumatic stress disorder (‘‘PTSD’’), depression, 
and heart disease; 
Whereas Black adults are more likely to report frequent and 
consistent emotional distress symptoms yet do not receive 
the help they need; 
Whereas minority adults who have family income that is less 
than the Federal poverty line are twice as likely to expe-
rience and report psychological distress compared to 
adults who have family income that is in excess of 2 
times the poverty line; 
Whereas minority mental health providers make up less than 
one-fifth of the profession, leading to a severe lack of ac-
cess to representational mental health professionals and 
culturally informed treatment options; 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
01:11 Jul 30, 2025
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00002
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6300
E:\BILLS\HR619.IH
HR619
ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS
•HRES 619 IH 
Whereas, in 2021, less than 13 percent of Latinx adults ages 
18 to 44 who experienced mental health conditions re-
ceived treatment, in contrast to over one-third of non-
minorities; 
Whereas language barriers result in the inaccessibility of and 
reluctancy to seek health care and misdiagnoses and 
miscommunication between patient and physician, which 
decrease the quality of care and cause adverse and inef-
fective health outcomes; 
Whereas disparities in insurance coverage for culturally spe-
cific mental health conditions exist and have led to a 
reluctancy to seek health care among minority commu-
nities; 
Whereas Native and Indigenous persons face significant bar-
riers to mental health care services, clinics, and resources 
due to experiencing disproportional health insurance cov-
erage; 
Whereas nearly half of pregnant persons who experienced de-
pression were not treated; 
Whereas over half of pregnant minority individuals do not re-
ceive treatment or resources for prenatal and postpartum 
mental health conditions; 
Whereas pregnant persons who remain untreated for mental 
health conditions related to anxiety, depression, and 
mood disorders face higher risks of experiencing adverse 
pregnancy and birthing outcomes; 
Whereas minority parents experience postpartum depression 
at a rate that is double that of nonminority parents; 
Whereas economic loss due to lack of productivity caused by 
untreated 
mental 
health 
conditions 
is 
roughly 
$100,000,000,000 per year; 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
01:11 Jul 30, 2025
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00003
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6300
E:\BILLS\HR619.IH
HR619
ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS
•HRES 619 IH 
Whereas nearly three-fourths of minority children are less 
likely to receive a diagnosis of ADHD/ADD compared to 
nonminority youth; 
Whereas the COVID–19 pandemic caused an increase in re-
ported symptoms of anxiety and depression and in suicide 
death rates in minority communities as compared to non-
minorities; 
Whereas suicide is one of the leading causes of death among 
Asian/Pacific Islander American youth; 
Whereas the percentage of Asian Americans and Native Ha-
waiian and Pacific Islanders who reported having any 
mental illness in 2021 was 16 percent and 18 percent, 
respectively; 
Whereas only 25 percent of Asian Americans received mental 
health services compared to non-Hispanic Whites; 
Whereas roughly 8 percent of Asian Americans and over 15 
percent of Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders re-
ported having a substance use disorder, with 7 percent of 
Asian Americans reporting illicit drug use with reported 
unmet treatment needs; 
Whereas suicide rates among Black girls and boys have sig-
nificantly increased over the last several years; 
Whereas, in 2021, 1 in 5 Black high school students reported 
seriously considering attempting suicide in the past year, 
and that same year, nearly 18 percent had made a sui-
cide plan, and 15 percent reported attempting suicide; 
Whereas minority youth are more likely to enter the criminal 
justice system with untreated mental health conditions; 
Whereas people of color make up the majority of essential 
workers in areas of food and agriculture and industrial, 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
01:11 Jul 30, 2025
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00004
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6300
E:\BILLS\HR619.IH
HR619
ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS
•HRES 619 IH 
commercial, and residential facilities and services, and 
their mental health worsened with the increased risk of 
contracting COVID–19; 
Whereas minority populations disproportionately face racial 
inequality in mental health research requiring an in-
creased need to ensure that diversified data are reflective 
of current mental health experiences; 
Whereas the Biden-Harris administration pioneered several 
mental health care initiatives, including implementation 
of the mental health crisis service hotline ‘‘9–8–8’’, and 
made significant investments in the National Health 
Service Corps, the establishment of the National Strategy 
for Suicide Prevention, the Behavioral Health Workforce 
Education and Training Program, and the Minority Fel-
lowship Program to address the unprecedented mental 
health crisis; 
Whereas recent actions by the Trump Administration have 
undercut investments and jeopardized the improvements 
in addressing the unique needs of minority communities 
in combating mental health challenges; 
Whereas, within the first 100 days of the current Trump Ad-
ministration, the Department of Health and Human 
Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration terminated 10 percent of its staff, includ-
ing individuals operating the national 9–8–8 Suicide and 
Crisis Lifeline; 
Whereas the Trump Administration’s National Institutes of 
Health canceled over 900 Federal health grants, includ-
ing those working on addressing racial health disparities 
and increasing diversity in clinical research; 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
01:11 Jul 30, 2025
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00005
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6300
E:\BILLS\HR619.IH
HR619
ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS
•HRES 619 IH 
Whereas, following Executive Order 14151, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services directed employees to re-
move program descriptions involving race, sex, and gen-
der, and to revise requests for applications for programs 
addressing diversity and inclusion in health; 
Whereas Federal agencies under the Trump Administration 
were given a list of words to review to limit, avoid, or re-
move from government websites, including the following: 
‘‘anti-racism’’, ‘‘barriers’’, ‘‘bias’’, ‘‘BIPOC’’, ‘‘Black’’, 
‘‘cultural differences’’, ‘‘discrimination’’, ‘‘disparity’’, ‘‘di-
versity’’, ‘‘equity’’, ‘‘ethnicity’’, ‘‘gender’’, ‘‘health dis-
parity’’, ‘‘Hispanic minority’’, ‘‘immigrants’’, ‘‘LGBTQ’’, 
‘‘mental health’’, ‘‘minorities’’, ‘‘Native American’’, ‘‘ra-
cial minority’’, ‘‘sociocultural’’, ‘‘transgender’’, ‘‘tribal’’, 
‘‘underrepresentation’’, and ‘‘women’’; 
Whereas the Trump Administration’s Department of Edu-
cation released plans to reallocate over $1,000,000,000 in 
Federal mental health grant funding for schools; 
Whereas the aforementioned actions by the Trump Adminis-
tration will cause devastating harm to children and 
adults battling and seeking treatment for mental health 
challenges; and 
Whereas increased awareness and prioritizing prevention and 
treatment of mental health conditions disproportionately 
impacting people of color are critically needed to reduce 
the racial and ethnic disparities in minority mental health 
condition rates as compared to nonminorities: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
01:11 Jul 30, 2025
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00006
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\HR619.IH
HR619
ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS
•HRES 619 IH 
(1) recognizes the mental health disparities in 
our country facing Black and Indigenous individuals 
and people of color in the United States; 
(2) calls on the President to increase mental 
health care access that acknowledges the unique 
needs and incorporates racial, cultural, and social 
differences that minority communities experience; 
(3) commits to continuing to work with, where 
appropriate, the proper executive agencies to address 
the ongoing mental health crisis across the United 
States, its territories, and federally recognized 
Tribes; and 
(4) seeks to provide as many resources and 
funds as possible to mental health care services 
across the United States, its territories, and feder-
ally recognized Tribes. 
Æ 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
01:11 Jul 30, 2025
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00007
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6301
E:\BILLS\HR619.IH
HR619
ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS