Thyroid Disease CARE Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6897 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6897 To advance research, promote awareness and education, and improve health care, with respect to thyroid disease, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 18, 2025 Ms. Stevens (for herself and Ms. Underwood) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To advance research, promote awareness and education, and improve health care, with respect to thyroid disease, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Thyroid Disease Coverage, Awareness, Research, and Education Act of 2025'' or the ``Thyroid Disease CARE Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. THYROID DISEASE RESEARCH. (a) In General.--The Secretary, in consultation with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, shall-- (1) conduct or support research and related activities regarding thyroid disease, including research-- (A) to investigate the root causes of thyroid disease; (B) to improve diagnostic techniques and develop improved treatments; (C) to improve thyroid cancer-related care, including the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of thyroid nodules and thyroid cancer; (D) to enhance the quality of thyroid cancer survivorship, including understanding how a thyroid cancer diagnosis impacts women of reproductive years and beyond; (E) to understand the symptoms of patients treated for thyroid disease and to design studies to improve symptom management; (F) to assess-- (i) thyroid disease prevalence, detection, treatment, and outcome disparties by race, ethnicity, geography, primary langu