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HR 7537 117th Congress House

Help for Healing Communities Act

Official title: To amend title V of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Mental Healt… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title V of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, to establish a program under which the Secretary will award grants to eligible entities to provide community-based mental health services in communities in which an active shooter event or incident of targeted violence occurred, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 18, 2022 Introduced by: McBath, Lucy Democratic · Georgia See on congress.gov
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Apr 19, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 18, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Apr 18, 2022
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 19, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Help for Healing Communities Act

This bill establishes a program through which the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration may award grants to support mental and behavioral health services for survivors of active shooter events and incidents of targeted violence. Eligible grant recipients include state, tribal, territorial, and local governments and nonprofits located in or serving a community that experienced an active shooter event or incident of targeted violence in the preceding fiscal year.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 22
All 22 Democratic 16
D
Aguilar, Pete
California · Jul 18, 2022
 D
Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · Jun 8, 2022
Bowman, Jamaal
· May 31, 2022
Jones, Mondaire
· May 31, 2022
Blumenauer, Earl
· May 27, 2022
 D
Himes, James A.
Connecticut · May 27, 2022
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · May 27, 2022
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · May 27, 2022
 D
Panetta, Jimmy
California · May 27, 2022
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · May 27, 2022
 D
Stansbury, Melanie A.
New Mexico · May 24, 2022
Brown, Anthony
· May 13, 2022
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · May 13, 2022
 D
Titus, Dina
Nevada · May 13, 2022
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Apr 18, 2022
Cicilline, David
· Apr 18, 2022
Deutch, Theodore
· Apr 18, 2022
 D
Escobar, Veronica
Texas · Apr 18, 2022
 D
Hayes, Jahana
Connecticut · Apr 18, 2022
 D
Horsford, Steven
Nevada · Apr 18, 2022
 D
Neguse, Joe
Colorado · Apr 18, 2022
 D
Williams, Nikema
Georgia · Apr 18, 2022
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7537: Help for Healing Communities Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7537/
MLA
"H.R. 7537: Help for Healing Communities Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7537/.
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H.R. 7537, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7537/.
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[H.R. 7537: Help for Healing Communities Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7537/)
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