# 119-s-1689: Stop Mental Health Stigma in Our Communities Act of 2025

119-s-1689, Stop Mental Health Stigma in Our Communities Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] (D-HI); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-10).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1689
- Congress: 119
- Title: Stop Mental Health Stigma in Our Communities Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-05-08
- Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] (D-HI)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-10

## Summary

**This bill would create a funded national outreach and education strategy to reduce mental health stigma in Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities.** It would also require systematic reviews and disaggregated data collection to track youth mental health and workforce gaps. - AANHPI individuals and families would get culturally and linguistically tailored outreach and public information on evidence‑based treatments, with consumers and community members involved in developing materials. - AANHPI youth would be the focus of a systematic review of prevalence, suicide and overdose patterns, treatment receipt, and barriers, with a final report to congressional health committees and public disclosure within a year. - The bill would map the AANHPI behavioral health workforce, identify enrollment and access barriers, and produce recommendations. It would also require annual public reporting and authorize $3.0 million per year for outreach for FY2026–2030 and $1.5 million each in FY2026 for the youth and workforce reviews. *Would authorize $3.0 million annually for FY2026–2030 and one‑time $1.5 million authorizations for each review in FY2026, increasing federal spending by those amounts.*

## Cosponsors (2)

- Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] (D-NV), 2025-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2025-05-12T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- National AANHPI mental health outreach: benefit, medium. If enacted, HHS would create a national outreach and education strategy to reduce mental health stigma in AANHPI communities. The materials would be tailored by language, culture, and age and include evidence-based treatment information. HHS would consult community members and agencies when develop…
- Study of AANHPI youth behavioral health: benefit, low. If enacted, HHS would carry out a systematic review of behavioral health among AANHPI youth. The review would assess how common mental health and substance use problems are, methods of attempted suicide and overdoses, and counts of youth who received treatment. HHS would report findings, barriers,…
- Study to grow AANHPI behavioral workforce: benefit, low. If enacted, HHS would study the size and makeup of the AANHPI behavioral health workforce and barriers to entry. The review would count workers by license, location, employer type, and languages spoken. HHS would report findings and recommendations to Congress and publish them not later than one ye…

## Related bills

- 119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-s-5283: Momnibus Act
- 119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-s-2231: GLOBE Act of 2025
- 119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- 119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026

## Sources
- [119-s-1689 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1689)

## Related
- [119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5066)
- [119-s-5283: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5283)
- [119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3990)
- [119-s-2231: GLOBE Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2231)
- [119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-51)
- [119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5108)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1689 (as of 2026-10-10).