,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dhaf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #ag1     
#bjbf,mr4 ,murphy 7for himself and ,mrs4
 ,gillibrand7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,finance  ,a ,,bill
  ,to amend title ,,xx of the ,social   
,security ,act to authorize grants and  
training to support area agencies on    
aging and other community-based         
organizations in addressing social      
isolation among older individuals and   
adults with disabilities4  #a4 ,short   
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,addressing ,social ,isolation and      
,loneliness in ,older ,adults ,act of   
#bjbf or the ,addressing ,,silo ,act of 
#bjbf4  #b4 ,grants and training to     
support area agencies on aging or other 
community-based organizations to address
 social isolation among older           
individuals and adults with disabilities
 ,part ,,ii of subtitle ,b of title ,,xx
 of the ,social ,security ,act 7#db     

,u4,s4,c4 #acigm et seq47 is amended by 
adding at the end the following new     
section3  #bjdg4 ,grants and training to
 support area agencies on aging or other
 community-based organizations to       
address social isolation among older    
individuals and adults with disabilities
  7a7 ,grants ,the ,secretary shall make
 grants to area agencies on aging or    
other community-based organizations for 
the purposes of-- 7#a7 conducting       
outreach to older individuals and adults
 with disabilities at risk for1 or      
already experiencing1 social isolation  
or loneliness1 through established      
screening tools or other methods        
identified by the ,secretary2  7#b7     
developing community-based interventions
 for the purposes of mitigating         
loneliness or social isolation          
7including evidence-based programs1 as  
defined by the ,secretary1 developed    
with multi-stakeholder input for the    
purposes of promoting social connection1
 mitigating social isolation or         

loneliness1 or preventing social        
isolation or loneliness7 among older    
individuals and adults with disabilities
 described in paragraph 7#a72  7#c7     
connecting such older individuals and   
adults with disabilities with community 
social and clinical supports2 and  7#d7 
evaluating the effect of programs       
developed and implemented under         
paragraphs 7#b7 and 7#c74  7b7 ,training
  7#a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary shall
 establish programs to provide and      
improve training for area agencies on   
aging or community-based organizations  
with respect to addressing and          
preventing social isolation and         
loneliness among older individuals and  
adults with disabilities4  7#b7         
,prioritization authority ,for purposes 
of connecting at-risk individuals with  
existing community social and clinical  
supports1 the ,secretary may1 in        
carrying out paragraph 7#a71 prioritize 
models that incorporate training and    
service delivery in coordination with   

medical-legal partnerships4  7c7        
,evaluation ,not later than #c years    
after the date of enactment of this     
section and every #c years thereafter1  
the ,secretary shall submit to ,congress
 a written report that assesses the     
extent to which the programs established
 under this section address social      
isolation and loneliness among older    
individuals and adults with             
disabilities4  7d7 ,appropriation ,out  
of any money in the ,treasury not       
otherwise appropriated1 there is        
appropriated to the ,secretary          
#fb1ejj1jjj for each of fiscal years    
#bjbf through #bjcj1 to remain available
 until expended1 to carry out this      
section4  7e7 ,coordination ,the        
,secretary shall coordinate with        
resource centers1 grant programs1 or    
other funding mechanisms established    
under section #daa7;a77#ah7 of the      
,older ,americans ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#cjcb7;a77#ah771 section #dag7;a77#a7 of
 such ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4               

#cjcb;f7a77#a771 or other programs as   
determined by the ,secretary4  7f7      
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,adult with a disability ,the term adult
 with a disability means an individual  
with a disability as defined in section 
#cgb of the ,older ,americans ,act of   
#aife 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cjcjs74  7#b7     
,area agency on aging ,the term area    
agency on aging means an area agency on 
aging designated under section #cje of  
such ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cjbe74  7#c7  
,community-based organization ,the term 
community-based organization includes1  
except as otherwise provided by the     
,secretary1 a nonprofit community-based 
organization1 a consortium of nonprofit 
community-based organizations1 a        
national nonprofit organization acting  
as an intermediary for a community-based
 organization1 or a community-based     
organization that has a fiscal sponsor  
that allows the organization to function
 as an organization described in section
 #eja7;c77#c7 of the ,internal ,revenue 

,code of #aihf and exempt from taxation 
under section #eja7;a7 of such ,code4   
7#d7 ,loneliness ,the term loneliness   
means subjectively feeling alone1 or the
 discrepancy between one's desired level
 of social connection and one's actual  
level of social connection4  7#e7 ,older
 individual ,the term older individual  
has the meaning given such term in      
section #ajb of the ,older ,americans   
,act of #aife 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cjjb74    
7#f7 ,social connection ,the term social
 connection means the variety of ways   
one can connect with others socially1   
through physical1 behavioral1           
social-cognitive1 and emotional         
channels4  7#g7 ,social isolation ,the  
term social isolation means objectively 
being alone1 or having few relationships
 or infrequent social contact4  4