"New York state laws prohibit discrimination based on a patient's membership in a protected class. You are hereby advised to immediately resume all service offerings as they had before the change in policy and to make medically necessary puberty-blocking medications and hormone therapies available for patients under 19 who are diagnosed with gender dysphoria."
"NYU Langone Health in Manhattan closed its gender-affirming care program for trans youth on February 17, citing the current regulatory environment. In addition to counseling and mental health services, the program provided puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and surgery for trans youth."
NYU Langone Health in Manhattan closed its Transgender Youth Health Program on February 17, citing the current regulatory environment. The program provided comprehensive gender-affirming care including counseling, mental health services, puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and surgery for transgender youth. The New York Attorney General's office issued a letter on February 25 warning that the closure violated state anti-discrimination laws by denying trans youth access to services and medications available to other patients. The attorney general's office received numerous complaints from affected patients and their families. Officials ordered the hospital to immediately resume all service offerings and make puberty-blocking medications and hormone therapies available to patients under 19 diagnosed with gender dysphoria, with a 10-day compliance deadline.
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