Improving Measurements for Loneliness and Isolation Act of 2025
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill establishes a national HHS working group to unify loneliness and isolation research and improve measurement and coordination.
Who Benefits and How
Researchers, policymakers, and public-health efforts focused on loneliness and isolation could gain more standardized definitions, measures, and coordination.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Health and Human Services officials and working-group participants would take on new organizational and research-coordination responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Creates an HHS working group on unifying loneliness research.
- Defines loneliness and isolation for the bill.
- Coordinates research and measurement efforts related to loneliness and isolation.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill establishes a national HHS working group to unify loneliness and isolation research and improve measurement and coordination.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Research
Primary Purpose
This bill establishes a national HHS working group to unify loneliness and isolation research and improve measurement and coordination.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Researchers and policymakers seeking more consistent loneliness and isolation measurement
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Health and Human Services officials responsible for convening and supporting the working group
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, …
Introduced in Senate
Mr. Ricketts (for himself and Ms. Hassan) introduced the following …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Health and Human Services officials responsible for creating and supporting the working group
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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