; Whereas, in 2021, less than 13 percent of Latinx adults ages 18 to 44 who experienced mental health conditions received treatment, in contrast to over one-third of nonminorities; Whereas language barriers result in the inaccessibility and reluctancy to seek health care and misdiagnoses and miscommunication between patient and physician, which decrease the quality of care and cause adverse and ineffective health outcomes; Whereas disparities in insurance coverage for culturally specific mental health conditions exist and have led to a reluctancy to seek health care among minority communities; Whereas Native and Indigenous persons face significant barriers to mental health care services, clinics, and resources due to experiencing disproportional health insurance coverage; Whereas nearly half of pregnant persons who experienced depression were not treated; Whereas over half of pregnant minority mothers do not receive treatment or resources for prenatal and postpartum mental health conditions; Whereas pregnant persons who remain untreated for mental health conditions related to anxiety, depression, and mood disorders face higher risks of experiencing adverse pregnancy and birthing outcomes; Whereas minority mothers experience postpartum depression at a rate that is double that of nonminority mothers; Whereas economic loss due to lack of productivity caused by untreated mental health conditions is roughly $100,000,000,000 per year; Whereas nearly three-fourths of minority children are less likely to receive a diagnosis of ADHD/ADD compared to nonminority youth; Whereas the COVID–19 pandemic caused an increase in reported symptoms of anxiety, depression, and suicide death rates in minority communities as compared to nonminorities; Whereas suicide is one of the leading causes of death among Asian/Pacific Islander American youth; Whereas the percentage of Asian Americans and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders who reported having any mental illness in 2021 was 16 percent and 18 percent, respectively