Yay, Seattle Hospital tells TX AG ya'll can go f'k yourselves.
Seattle Hospital sues after Texas Attorney General asks for handover of patient records Source: KXAN Austin
Posted: Dec 20, 2023 / 12:07 PM CST Updated: Dec 20, 2023 / 12:07 PM CST
AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Seattle Children’s Hospital filed a lawsuit in Travis County District Court on Dec. 7 against the Texas Office of the Attorney General (OAG), after that agency requested documents related to gender transition policies and any such care provided to Texas children.
However, hospital claims that the OAG lacks jurisdiction to demand such records from the hospital, and that Washington’s “Shield Law” protects it from requests made by states that “restrict or criminalize reproductive and gender-affirming care.”
“The Shield Law prohibits Washington-based entities such as Seattle Children’s from ‘[c]omply[ing] with subpoena, warrant, court order, or other civil or criminal legal process for records, information, facilities, or assistance related to protected health care services that are lawful in the state of Washington,'” the lawsuit stated.
KXAN reached out to the OAG multiple times prior to publication; however, the agency never replied to our requests.
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