# 119-s-3431: Improving Measurements for Loneliness and Isolation Act of 2025

119-s-3431, Improving Measurements for Loneliness and Isolation Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Ricketts, Pete [R-NE] (R-NE); status introduced (as of 2026-04-21).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3431
- As of: 2026-04-21
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-3431
- Congress: 119
- Title: Improving Measurements for Loneliness and Isolation Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-12-11
- Sponsor: Sen. Ricketts, Pete [R-NE] (R-NE)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## 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. - 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.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] (D-NH), 2025-12-11T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 119-s-4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026
- 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act
- 119-s-3265: Improve and Enhance the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Act
- 119-s-2904: SHADOW Fleet Sanctions Act of 2026
- 119-s-560: EAGLES Act of 2025
- 119-s-2461: Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-3431 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3431)

## Related
- [119-s-4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4668)
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-3265: Improve and Enhance the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3265)
- [119-s-2904: SHADOW Fleet Sanctions Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2904)
- [119-s-560: EAGLES Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-560)
- [119-s-2461: Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2461)
- [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3431 (as of 2026-04-21).