Hospital officials have confirmed that Vanderbilt University Medical Center is facing a federal civil rights investigation after turning the medical records of transgender patients over to Tennessee’s attorney general.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is facing a federal civil rights investigation after turning the medical records of transgender patients over to Tennessee’s attorney general, hospital officials have confirmed.

    • chaogomu@kbin.social
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      11 months ago

      General bigotry.

      It is a HIPAA violation, but the bigots say that trans people aren’t people, so HIPAA doesn’t apply. They fucked around and now just might find out. Sadly, they’ve already done a lot of damage be releasing this information.