SEATTLE - Seattle Children’s Hospital has taken the Texas Attorney General to court over subpoenas demanding medical information tied to patients receiving gender-affirming care.
A legal filing in Texas’ Travis County District Court reveals two letters sent from the Texas AG's Office to Seattle Children’s Hospital in November demanding patient records tied to Texas residents who received transition-related care. It called for Seattle Children’s to release both records and sworn written statements to the Consumer Protection Division of the Texas AG’s office no later than Dec. 7.
"The Division believes that you are in possession, custody, or control of documentary material relevant to the subject matter of an investigation of actual or possible violations of DTPA sections 17.46(a) and 17.46(b) for issues related to misrepresentations regarding Gender Transitioning and Reassignment Treatments and Procedures and Texas law," the demand read.
