This House resolution supports designating May 10, 2026 as "National Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Mental Health Day." It lists facts about the AANHPI community, including growth and diversity, notes a healthcare affordability concern (56 percent of AANHPI adults said healthcare cost was the hardest thing to afford), low use of mental health services (about 65.3 percent of an estimated 2,600,000 AANHPIs with a mental health problem do not receive treatment), and that suicide was the leading cause of death for AANHPI youth ages 15–24 from 2018 to 2024. The resolution calls for disaggregating data, improving language access, increasing the number of providers from AANHPI communities (including paraprofessionals), addressing trauma from discrimination and violence, raising mental health literacy, and connecting cultural heritage to good mental health.
If the designation is adopted, May 10, 2026 would be publicly recognized as a day to highlight AANHPI mental health needs and awareness. The resolution also encourages Federal, State, and local health agencies to adopt laws, policies, and guidance to improve help-seeking and quality of care for AANHPI communities and other communities of color. The text focuses on awareness, data, language access, provider supply, and culturally appropriate care.
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Supporters, led by Representative Judy Chu and many cosponsors, say the designation will raise awareness of mental health challenges in AANHPI communities, draw attention to barriers like cost and language access, encourage disaggregated data to reveal needs of subgroups, promote increased culturally and linguistically appropriate providers, and link celebration of cultural heritage with mental health awareness during May, which is both AANHPI Heritage Month and Mental Health Awareness Month.
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