Help for Healing Communities Act
Latest action · Apr 19, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 18, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 22
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 18, 2022 to Jul 18, 2022; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Apr 18, 2022 |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Original | Apr 18, 2022 |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Original | Apr 18, 2022 |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Original | Apr 18, 2022 |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Original | Apr 18, 2022 |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Original | Apr 18, 2022 |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Original | Apr 18, 2022 |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Original | Apr 18, 2022 |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | May 13, 2022 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | May 13, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | May 13, 2022 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | May 24, 2022 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | May 27, 2022 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | May 27, 2022 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | May 27, 2022 | |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | May 27, 2022 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | May 27, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | May 27, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Jamaal Bowman | May 31, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Mondaire Jones | May 31, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Jun 8, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Pete Aguilar | Jul 18, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Apr 18, 2022 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Apr 19, 2022 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 19, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Apr 18, 2022Introduced in House
- Apr 18, 2022Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 65, April 18, 2022, page H4448.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Help for Healing Communities Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 18, 2022Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
