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.
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Latest Action · November 8, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
This bill directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a national working group tasked with creating standardized ways to measure loneliness and isolation across federal agencies, research institutions, and healthcare systems. The working group will include representatives from major federal health agencies like the CDC, National Institutes of Health, and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, along with representatives from six states selected based on their mental health workforce needs. Within one year of the bill's enactment, the working group must submit a report to Congress with recommendations for consistent measurement tools and definitions that can be used in public and private research and healthcare settings. The legislation aims to improve how researchers and policymakers understand and address loneliness and isolation by ensuring everyone uses the same measurement standards. The working group's authority expires at the end of 2026, and no specific funding amount is allocated in the bill text provided.
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