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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue context“NATIONAL ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN, AND PACIFIC ISLANDER MENTAL
HEALTH DAY”
Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Mr. Booker, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Markey, Mr. Padilla, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Schatz, and Ms. Warren) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions:
S. Res. 714
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
Resolved, That the Senate—
(1) supports the designation of May 10, 2026, as “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 communities;
(3) acknowledges the importance of raising awareness about
mental health and improving the quality of care for Asian
American, Native Hawaiian, 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 improve help-seeking
rates for mental health services for the Asian American,
Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander community and other
communities of color.