HRES 1260
Supporting the designation of May 10, 2026, as "National Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Mental Health Day".
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This resolution urges Congress to designate May 10, 2026, as National Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Mental Health Day. It highlights the significant challenges faced by this community regarding mental health access, including affordability, low utilization rates, and disproportionately high rates of suicide among young people. The resolution also emphasizes the need for culturally appropriate services and increased awareness to combat stigma and improve mental health literacy.
Key provisions
- Designates May 10, 2026, as National Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Mental Health Day.
- Recognizes the importance of mental health for AANHPI communities.
- Acknowledges the need to raise awareness and improve mental health care quality for AANHPIs.
- Highlights the connection between cultural heritage and mental health.
- Encourages federal, state, and local agencies to improve help-seeking rates for mental health services within AANHPI communities.
Who is affected
- Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) community
- Mental health service providers
- Federal, State, and local health agencies
Notable changes
- The resolution specifically addresses the unique mental health challenges faced by the AANHPI community.
- It calls for culturally and linguistically appropriate solutions.
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119th CONGRESS — 2d Session
H. RES. 1260
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
RESOLUTION
Supporting the designation of May 10, 2026, 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;
Whereas the AANHPI community is facing an affordability crisis, particularly related to healthcare, to the point where 56 percent of AANHPI adults said that the cost of healthcare was the most difficult item in their life to afford;
Whereas AANHPIs have among the lowest rates of utilization of mental health services, and 65.3 percent of the estimated 2,600,000 AANHPIs who meet criteria for a mental health problem do not receive treatment;
Whereas, from 2018 to 2024, AANHPI youth ages 15 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 the 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
Whereas May is both National Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, an opportunity 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
That the House of Representatives—
supports the designation of National Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Mental Health Day
;
recognizes the importance of mental health to the well-being and health of families and communities;
acknowledges the importance of raising awareness about mental health and improving the quality of care for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities;
recognizes that celebrating one’s cultural and linguistic heritage is beneficial to mental health; and