"The U.S. Attorney's Office in the Northern District of Texas has issued a subpoena for the medical records of trans youth who received gender-affirming care from NYU Langone Health, a New York-based hospital system, since 2020."
"NYU Langone notified patients of the grand jury subpoena on Monday and said it was one of several health institutions to receive it. Under the New York State Shield Law, hospitals must alert patients when they receive requests for legally protected health records, like those pertaining to gender-affirming care."
"The subpoena also requested the names of individual providers at the hospital who provided gender-affirming care to youth, according to the hospital's message to patients. NYU Langone did not return The Advocate's request for comment on whether they would hand over the records, but acknowledged that the news might be unsettling."
""We understand that these developments may be concerning to our patients, providers, and others," the message reads. "Please know that NYU Langone takes the privacy of your protected health information very seriously, and we are evaluating our response to the subpoena.""
A U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of Texas issued a subpoena for medical records of trans youth who received gender-affirming care from NYU Langone Health since 2020. NYU Langone notified patients that it received the grand jury subpoena and that it was one of several health institutions to receive similar requests. The subpoena sought both protected health records and the names of individual providers who provided gender-affirming care to youth. NYU Langone stated it takes patient privacy seriously and is evaluating its response. The subpoena aligns with efforts to reduce access to gender-affirming care for minors and to obtain related medical records. Prior attempts to obtain such records have often faced legal challenges and failed due to strong protections for personal health information, especially for minors.
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