Sponsors (28)
The bill directs funding, data disaggregation, and outreach to improve culturally and linguistically appropriate behavioral health services for AANHPI populations—especially youth—but creates privacy risks, adds administrative burden, and relies on modest, potentially insufficient funding and non-binding reports that may delay or limit real-world impact.
AANHPI individuals (including subgroups) will gain greater access to culturally and linguistically appropriate behavioral health information, outreach, and services.
Researchers, policymakers, and providers will get more disaggregated AANHPI data, enabling better-targeted, evidence-based programs for diverse subgroups.
The bill provides dedicated federal funding (notably $3M/year FY2026–2030 plus smaller authorizations) to support sustained outreach, reviews, and coordination to improve AANHPI behavioral health activities.
Collecting and publishing highly disaggregated AANHPI data raises privacy and confidentiality risks that could lead to re-identification or reduce willingness to seek care among small subgroups.
Providers, health systems, and agencies will face increased administrative and implementation burdens (language services, workforce changes, detailed data collection) that require time and resources to operationalize.
The bill authorizes new federal spending (including $3M/year FY2026–2030 and additional $1.5M items) which increases taxpayer costs, even though amounts are modest relative to federal budgets.
Based on analysis of 6 sections of legislative text.
Directs HHS to develop a culturally and linguistically tailored outreach strategy for AANHPI behavioral health, conduct two systematic reviews (youth and workforce), and fund these activities for FY2026–2030.
Introduced May 9, 2025 by Judy Chu · Last progress May 9, 2025
Creates a focused federal effort to reduce mental health stigma and improve behavioral health for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities. It directs HHS to develop a culturally and linguistically appropriate national outreach and education strategy, requires two systematic reviews (one on AANHPI youth behavioral health and one on growing the AANHPI behavioral health workforce), and funds these activities with time-limited authorizations. Requires HHS to coordinate across federal health agencies, consult with AANHPI-serving organizations, collect and report disaggregated data, and submit public reports to Congress within one year (and annually for the outreach strategy). Total authorized funding is $3 million per year for the outreach strategy (FY2026–2030) and $1.5 million each for the two systematic reviews (FY2026).