# 117-hr-7537: Help for Healing Communities Act

117-hr-7537, Help for Healing Communities Act, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-GA-6] (D-GA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-7537
- Congress: 117
- Title: Help for Healing Communities Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Introduced: 2022-04-18
- Sponsor: Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-GA-6] (D-GA)
- Cosponsors: 22
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## 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)

- Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO), 2022-04-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Escobar, Veronica [D-TX-16] (D-TX), 2022-04-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2022-04-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] (D-RI), 2022-04-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22] (D-FL), 2022-04-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT), 2022-04-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4] (D-NV), 2022-04-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5] (D-GA), 2022-04-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7] (D-CA), 2022-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV), 2022-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4] (D-MD), 2022-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1] (D-NM), 2022-05-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19] (D-CA), 2022-05-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] (D-WA), 2022-05-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4] (D-CT), 2022-05-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2022-05-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2022-05-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA), 2022-05-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jones, Mondaire [D-NY-17] (D-NY), 2022-05-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bowman, Jamaal [D-NY-16] (D-NY), 2022-05-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33] (D-TX), 2022-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-33] (D-CA), 2022-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 117-hr-2471: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022
- 117-hr-1842: Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act
- 117-hr-6015: Benjamin Berell Ferencz Congressional Gold Medal Act
- 117-hr-5577: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3900 Crown Road Southwest in Atlanta, Georgia, as the "John R. Lewis Post Office Build…
- 117-hr-4: John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021
- 117-hr-4402: Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2021

## Sources
- [117-hr-7537 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7537)

## Related
- [117-hr-2471: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-2471)
- [117-hr-1842: Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-1842)
- [117-hr-6015: Benjamin Berell Ferencz Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-6015)
- [117-hr-5577: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3900 C…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-5577)
- [117-hr-4: John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-4)
- [117-hr-4402: Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2021](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-4402)
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