"This is not unprecedented, as at least 17 states and the District of Columbia have already enacted similar 'shield laws,' Frey wrote.
In January, Erin Reed highlighted that the bill would 'ban healthcare providers, practitioners, facilities, and similar institutions from disclosing protected healthcare information about their patients to out of state investigators.'
According to the Movement Advancement Project (MAP), currently 35 percent of the transgender population aged 13 and above reside in states with 'shield' laws in place, safeguarding access to transgender healthcare.
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