Overview
- NYU Langone disclosed May 12 it had received a federal grand jury subpoena from Texas prosecutors dated May 7 that seeks names and records for minors who received gender‑affirming care since 2020.
- The subpoena demands medical assessments, intake forms, insurance claims, internal messages and calendars, personnel files, and documents that identify each patient, and it uses the disputed term “sex‑rejecting procedures.”
- Following May 13’s ruling, a federal judge in Rhode Island quashed a similar demand and wrote that the Justice Department had proven “unworthy” of trust while rejecting its healthcare‑fraud and off‑label theories.
- Eleven families filed a federal case in Maryland seeking emergency nationwide orders to stop the government from obtaining or keeping transgender youths’ medical records.
- NYU notified affected families under New York’s shield law and is evaluating its response as HIPAA requires notice and court safeguards before releases, and hospitals nationwide have paused youth programs, including NYU’s halt in February.