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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3316 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a national outreach 
and education strategy and research to improve behavioral health among 
the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander population, 
while addressing stigma against behavioral health treatment among such 
population. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 9, 2025 
Ms. CHU (for herself, Ms. DELBENE, Ms. MENG, Mr. MULLIN, Ms. STRICK-
LAND, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. THANEDAR, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. 
GREEN of Texas, Mr. NADLER, Mr. TONKO, Mr. TRAN, and Ms. 
BARRAGA´N) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for 
a national outreach and education strategy and research 
to improve behavioral health among the Asian American, 
Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander population, while 
addressing stigma against behavioral health treatment 
among such population. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Mental Health 
Stigma in Our Communities Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) AANHPI.—The term ‘‘AANHPI’’ means 
Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Is-
lander. 
(2) SECRETARY.—Except as otherwise speci-
fied, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services. 
SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The AANHPI community is among the 
fastest growing population groups in the United 
States. It is a diverse population representing more 
than 70 distinct ethnicities, and speaking more than 
100 languages and dialects. 
(2) There is a growing mental health crisis in 
the United States, particularly for AANHPI individ-
uals. AANHPI individuals with mental health chal-
lenges have the lowest rates of mental health service 
utilization compared to other racial or ethnic popu-
lations. In 2023, only 35 percent of Asian adults 
with a mental health challenge received treatment in 
the past year. Although suicide is the eleventh lead-
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ing cause of death, it is the leading cause of death 
for AANHPI youth. From 2018 to 2023, AANHPI 
youth between the ages of 10 to 24 years were the 
only racial or ethnic population in this age category 
where suicide was the leading cause of death. 
(3) Such mental health disparities within the 
AANHPI community may be attributed to systemic 
barriers to accessing mental health services, includ-
ing stigma attached to mental health, limited avail-
ability of and access to culturally and linguistically 
appropriate services, and insufficient research. 
(4) Insufficient research on AANHPI commu-
nities often leads to an inaccurate representation of 
their experiences and needs. It is imperative to 
disaggregate AANHPI population data to better un-
derstand the range of mental health issues for each 
subpopulation so that specific culturally and linguis-
tically appropriate solutions can be developed. 
(5) Critical investments are necessary to reduce 
stigma and improve mental health within AANHPI 
communities, including increasing culturally and lin-
guistically appropriate outreach education and men-
tal health services, improving representation of 
AANHPI individuals among the behavioral health 
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workforce, and strengthening disaggregated data col-
lection in research. 
SEC. 4. NATIONAL AANHPI BEHAVIORAL HEALTH OUT-
REACH AND EDUCATION STRATEGY. 
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. 554. NATIONAL AANHPI BEHAVIORAL HEALTH OUT-
REACH AND EDUCATION STRATEGY. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through 
the Assistant Secretary, shall, in coordination with the Di-
rector of the Office of Minority Health, the Director of 
the National Institutes of Health, and the Director of the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and in con-
sultation with advocacy and behavioral health organiza-
tions serving populations of Asian American, Native Ha-
waiian, and Pacific Islander individuals or communities, 
develop and implement a national outreach and education 
strategy to promote behavioral health and reduce stigma 
associated with mental health and substance use disorders 
within the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific 
Islander population. Such strategy shall— 
‘‘(1) be designed to meet the diverse cultural 
and language needs and preferences of the various 
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Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Is-
lander populations; 
‘‘(2) be developmentally and age appropriate; 
‘‘(3) increase awareness of symptoms of mental 
illnesses common within subgroups of such popu-
lation, taking into account differences within sub-
groups, such as gender, gender identity, age, sexual 
orientation, culture, or ethnicity; 
‘‘(4) provide information, in a publicly acces-
sible manner, on evidence-based, culturally and lin-
guistically appropriate, and adapted interventions 
and treatments; 
‘‘(5) ensure full participation of, and engage, 
both consumers and community members in the de-
velopment and implementation of materials; and 
‘‘(6) seek to broaden the perspective among 
both individuals in Asian American, Native Hawai-
ian, and Pacific Islander communities and stake-
holders serving such 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) REPORTS.—Beginning not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of the Stop Mental Health 
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Stigma in Our Communities Act of 2025 and annually 
thereafter, the Secretary, acting through the Assistant 
Secretary, shall submit to Congress, and make publicly 
available, a report on the extent to which the strategy de-
veloped and implemented under subsection (a) increased 
awareness among the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, 
and Pacific Islander population of mental health and sub-
stance use disorders. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030.’’. 
SEC. 5. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF AND REPORT ON THE 
AANHPI YOUTH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRI-
SIS. 
(a) SYSTEMATIC REVIEW.— 
(1) 
IN
GENERAL.—The 
Secretary, 
acting 
through the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health 
and Substance Use, in coordination with the Direc-
tor of the National Institutes of Health, the Director 
of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
and the Director of the Office of Minority Health, 
shall conduct a systematic review of behavioral 
health among AANHPI youth. 
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(2) ELEMENTS.—Such systematic review re-
quired under paragraph (1) shall include an assess-
ment of— 
(A) the prevalence, risk factors, and root 
causes of mental health challenges, substance 
misuse, and mental health and substance use 
disorders among AANHPI youth; 
(B) the prevalence and methods of at-
tempted suicide, nonfatal substance use over-
dose, and death by suicide or substance use 
overdose among AANHPI youth; and 
(C) AANHPI youth that received treat-
ment for mental health and substance use dis-
orders. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen-
sions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce of the House of Representatives, and make 
publicly available, a report on the findings of the system-
atic review conducted under subsection (a), including— 
(1) identification of the barriers to accessing 
behavioral health prevention, treatment, and recov-
ery services for AANHPI youth; 
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(2) identification of root causes of mental 
health challenges and substance misuse among 
AANHPI youth; 
(3) recommendations for evidence-based actions 
to be taken by the Secretary to improve behavioral 
health among AANHPI youth; 
(4) recommendations for legislative or adminis-
trative action to improve the behavioral health of 
AANHPI youth experiencing depression, suicide, 
and overdose, and to reduce the prevalence of de-
pression, suicide, overdose, and other behavioral 
health conditions among AANHPI youth; and 
(5) such other recommendations as the Sec-
retary determines appropriate. 
(c) DATA.—Any data included in the systematic re-
view or report under this section shall be disaggregated 
by race, ethnicity, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orienta-
tion, geographic region, disability status, and other rel-
evant factors, in a manner that protects personal privacy 
and that is consistent with applicable Federal and State 
privacy law. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For pur-
poses of carrying out this section, there is authorized to 
be appropriated $1,500,000 for fiscal year 2026. 
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