3.0.0 473 2026-06-19T11:03:24Z 2026-06-19T11:03:24Z Senate S S 2025-02-06 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/473 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2025-02-06T22:05:28Z Referred To 2025-02-06T22:05:28Z 2025-02-06 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2025-02-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001217 Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] Rick Scott R FL N S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2025-02-06 True W000790 Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA] Raphael Warnock D GA 2025-02-06 True M001243 Sen. McCormick, David [R-PA] David McCormick R PA H. 2026-06-18 False Health Aging 2025-04-24T16:06:44Z Community life and organization 2025-04-24T16:07:11Z Congressional oversight 2025-04-24T16:06:58Z Government studies and investigations 2025-04-24T16:07:03Z Health promotion and preventive care 2025-04-24T16:07:19Z Mental health 2025-04-24T16:06:50Z Health 2025-03-12T16:25:59Z 00 2025-02-06 Introduced in Senate 2025-05-05T20:43:15Z Social Engagement and Network Initiatives for Older Relief Act or the SENIOR Act

This bill expands the scope of authorized Administration on Aging (AOA) grants to include services addressing loneliness in older individuals (i.e., aged 60 or older), and requires a report evaluating whether certain federal programs are adequately addressing this topic.

Under current law, the AOA provides grants to states for disease prevention and health promotion services for older individuals, including services addressing the negative health effects of social isolation. The bill expands the scope of the services eligible for these grants to include services addressing the negative health effects of loneliness.

Also, the bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to submit to Congress a report (1) evaluating whether its programs for older individuals are adequately addressing loneliness, and (2) recommending measures for reducing the negative health effects of loneliness and fostering multigenerational family connections. 

]]> SENIOR Act Display Title 45 SENIOR Act 2026-06-19T11:03:24Z Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to include screening for loneliness and coordination of supportive services and health care to address the negative health effects of loneliness, to require a report on loneliness, and for other purposes. 2025-03-12T02:34:24Z Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 SENIOR Act 2025-03-12T02:23:26Z Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Social Engagement and Network Initiatives for Older Relief Act 2025-03-12T02:23:26Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2025-02-06T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s473is/xml/BILLS-119s473is.xml 2025-02-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.