What does Preamble of Improving Measurements for Loneliness and Isolation Act of 2025 do?

This bill, formally titled 'To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a working group to formulate recommendations for standardizing the measurements of loneliness and isolation, and for other purposes,' aims to address loneliness and social isolation. The bill directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a working group. The working group's purpose is to formulate recommendations for standardizing measurements of loneliness and isolation.

What does SHORT TITLE. of Improving Measurements for Loneliness and Isolation Act of 2025 do?

This bill is formally titled the Improving Measurements for Loneliness and Isolation Act of 2025.

What does WORKING GROUP ON UNIFYING LONELINESS RESEARCH. of Improving Measurements for Loneliness and Isolation Act of 2025 do?

This section establishes a Working Group on Unifying Loneliness Research within the Department of Health and Human Services. The Working Group's primary goal is to formulate recommendations for standardizing measurements and definitions of loneliness and isolation. These recommendations aim to facilitate collaboration among federal departments and agencies, improve research, and provide reliable measurement tools across healthcare fields. The Working Group will assess existing methods for measuring loneliness and isolation in both the public and private sectors. The Working Group's composition includes senior-level representatives from various federal agencies, as well as representatives from states with both high and low numbers of practitioners needed to remove mental health care shortage area designations. The Working Group must submit a report to specified congressional committees within one year of the Act's enactment and make it publicly available. The Working Group is required to meet at least three times while developing its report. This section sunsets at the end of calendar year 2027.

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Improving Measurements for Loneliness and Isolation Act of 2025

Last updated: 12/11/2025 · Introduced: 12/11/2025

Author: Pete Ricketts (R-NE)

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This bill establishes a Working Group on Unifying Loneliness Research within the Department of Health and Human Services to standardize measurements and definitions of loneliness and isolation.
The Working Group will assess existing measurement methods, develop recommendations for federal agencies and healthcare fields, and submit a public report to Congress within one year.
The Act requires representation from various federal agencies and states with differing mental health care needs within the Working Group, which will operate until the end of 2027.

119th Congressin committeeHR. 1305(In Committee)Official page

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