The Justice Department subpoenaed hospitals for broad, sensitive records concerning medical care provided to transgender minors, requesting billing records, communications with drug manufacturers, emails, recordings, voicemails and encrypted texts, and personal identifiers such as dates of birth, Social Security numbers and addresses. The subpoena to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia covers records dating to January 2020. About half of U.S. states have enacted bans on most or all gender-related treatment for minors. Federal officials, including the attorney general, have disclosed issuance of more than 20 subpoenas as part of efforts to identify potential civil and criminal violations by providers.
The Justice Department is demanding that hospitals turn over a wide range of sensitive information related to medical care for young transgender patients, including billing documents, communication with drug manufacturers and data such as patient dates of birth, Social Security numbers and addresses, according to a copy of a subpoena made public in a court filing this week.
The June subpoena to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia requests emails, Zoom recordings, "every writing or record of whatever type" doctors have made, voicemails and text messages on encrypted platforms dating to January 2020 - before hormone therapy, puberty blockers and gender transition surgery had been banned anywhere in the United States.
According to seven people familiar with the subpoenas, speaking on the condition of anonymity because they feared retribution, the subpoenas targeted care for patients younger than 19 and went to providers in states that still allow gender care for minors, as well as states where it has been banned. The subpoena, as well as public statements by Bondi's chief of staff, indicate the federal government is attempting to build cases against medical providers that allege they may have violated civil and criminal statutes while providing care that was legal in their states.
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