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119-s-3431119th Congress

Improving Measurements for Loneliness and Isolation Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Senator Ricketts, Pete [R-NE]

Introduced

Summary

Standardizing measurements of loneliness and isolation. This bill would create a national working group at the Department of Health and Human Services to develop common definitions and standardized measurement tools for loneliness and isolation that can be used across public and private research, health care, and planning efforts.

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  • Researchers: Would get agreed measurement methods and definitions to make studies and surveys more comparable across populations and settings.
  • Health care providers and planners: Would gain consistent tools intended to guide strategic decisionmaking, program planning, and evaluation across health fields and industries.
  • State officials and workforce planning: Would include one Governor-picked representative from each of the three States with the highest practitioner shortfalls and one from each of the three States with the lowest, for a total of six State reps.
  • Policymakers and the public: The Working Group must meet at least three times and deliver a publicly available report with recommendations to specified House and Senate committees within one year of enactment. The directive ends at the close of calendar year 2027.

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Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Ricketts, Pete [R-NE]

NE • R

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]

    NH • D

    Sponsored 12/11/2025

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