Supporting the designation of May 10, 2023, as "National Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Mental Health Day".

IV 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 385 Supporting the designation of May 10, 2023, as ‘‘National Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Mental Health Day’’. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 10, 2023 Ms. CHU (for herself, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. STRICKLAND, Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. BERA, Mr. BOWMAN, Mr. CASE, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. DESAULNIER, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, Mr. KIM of New Jersey, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. LEE of California, Mrs. LEE of Nevada, Ms. MENG, Mr. MULLIN, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. PETERS, Mr. SABLAN, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. TRONE, and Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN) submitted the fol- lowing resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce RESOLUTION Supporting the designation of May 10, 2023, as ‘‘National Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Mental Health Day’’. Whereas the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) community is among the fastest growing population groups in the United States and has made significant economic, cultural, and social contribu- tions; Whereas the AANHPI community is extremely diverse in terms of socioeconomic levels, education, employment, VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:07 May 11, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR385.IH HR385 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HRES 385 IH language, cultures of origin, acculturation, migrant, and colonization status; Whereas, in 2021, 77 percent of the estimated 2,600,000 AANHPIs who meet criteria for a mental health problem did not receive treatment; Whereas, in 2021, only 24.5 percent of Asian adults with a mental health problem received mental health services in the past year, and Asian adults have the lowest rates of utilization of mental health services out of any racial pop- ulation; Whereas, from 2018–2020, AANHPI youth ages 10–24 years old in the United States were the only racial or ethnic population in this age category whose leading cause of death was suicide; Whereas it is imperative to disaggregate AANHPI population data to get an accurate representation of the depth and breadth of the mental health issues for each subpopula- tion so that specific culturally and linguistically appro- priate solutions can be developed; Whereas language access continues to be a critical issue whether due to the limited number of providers with the necessary language skills to provide in-language services or the significant language loss faced by NHPI commu- nities due to colonization; Whereas there is a need to significantly increase the number of providers, including paraprofessionals, representing AANHPI communities and providing them with the nec- essary training and ongoing support; Whereas historical discrimination and current racial violence toward AANHPIs increases trauma and stress, under- lying precursors to mental health problems; VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:07 May 11, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR385.IH HR385 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 3 •HRES 385 IH Whereas there is a critical need to raise awareness about and improve mental health literacy among the AANHPI com- munity to reduce the stigma associated with mental health issues; and Whereas May is both National Asian American, Native Ha- waiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, an oppor- tunity to celebrate the vast contributions of this popu- lation to American society, and National Mental Health Awareness Month, recognizing the importance of mental health to the well-being and health of families and com- munities and connecting the importance of one’s cultural heritage to good mental health: Now, therefore be it Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1 (1) supports the designation of ‘‘National Asian 2 American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 3 Mental Health Day’’; 4 (2) recognizes the importance of mental health 5 to the well-being and health of families and commu- 6 nities; 7 (3) acknowledges the importance of raising 8 awareness about mental health and improving the 9 quality of care for Asian American, Native Hawai- 10 ian, and Pacific Islander communities; 11 (4) recognizes that celebrating one’s cultural 12 and linguistic heritage is beneficial to mental health; 13 and 14 (5) encourages Federal, State, and local health 15 agencies to adopt laws, policies, and guidance to im- 16 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:07 May 11, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR385.IH HR385 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 4 •HRES 385 IH prove help-seeking rates for mental health services 1 for the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pa- 2 cific Islander community and other communities of 3 color. 4 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:07 May 11, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR385.IH HR385 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB