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H.R. 8914 117th Congress House

Helping Families Heal Act of 2022

Official title: To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Education to make awards to increase or improve access to comprehensive mental and… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Education to make awards to increase or improve access to comprehensive mental and behavioral health services for individuals exposed to violent encounters involving law enforcement personnel, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 14, 2022 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 1, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Sep 21, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 20, 2022
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 20, 2022
Introduced in House
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 Latest action November 1, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Helping Families Heal Act of 2022

This bill establishes programs and sets out other actions to address mental health impacts of law enforcement personnel violence on those who have experienced, witnessed, or otherwise suffered traumatic experiences due to such violence, with a particular emphasis on communities and schools.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3
Bowman, Jamaal
· Oct 14, 2022
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Oct 14, 2022
 D
Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · Oct 14, 2022
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Oct 14, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8914: Helping Families Heal Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8914/
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"H.R. 8914: Helping Families Heal Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8914/.
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H.R. 8914, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8914/.
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