Doctors warn of ‘terrifying’ effects as Trump creates snitch line to report gender-affirming care patientsUnder the administration’s latest guidance, reporting a trans patient’s care may no longer violate HIPAA — and that’s exactly the problem, providers say.The AdvocateBy Christopher WigginsApril 17 2025The Trump administration has cleared the way for people to report doctors who provide gender-affirming care to minors — and now says they can do so without violating federal medical privacy laws.In new guidance issued Monday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that health care workers, clinic staff, and even third parties may file complaints against providers offering gender-affirming care and, in many cases, even disclose protected patient information under HIPAA’s whistleblower provisions. Under HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, medical professionals must keep a patient’s health information confidential. The guidance, issued under President Donald Trump’s January 28 executive order titled “Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation,” establishes a new federal portal to collect these reports.Civil rights and LGBTQ+ health advocates say the move weaponizes patient privacy law against the very people it was designed to protect — and targets providers in a sweeping campaign to scare them out of delivering medically necessary care.
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