Seattle Children’s Hospital Sues Texas AG Over Demands for Medical Records

Published on December 22, 2023

Seattle Children’s Hospital has filed a lawsuit against the Texas Attorney General’s Office for what it called “sham requests” to provide information regarding patients who received gender transitioning treatment and procedures. The hospital was served a civil investigative demand on Nov. 20, alleging possible violations of the Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA) for issues related to “misrepresentation regarding gender transitioning and reassignment treatments and procedures.” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sought documents on “diagnoses, medications prescribed, laboratory testing, and treatment protocols utilized by physicians in the treatment of individual patients” dating back to Jan. 1, 2022. The hospital was required to respond by Dec. 7....

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