Appeals court gives Missouri AG access to transgender patient records

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A Missouri appeals court ruled the Attorney General's Office can access patient health records from the Washington University Transgender Center.

This decision reverses a lower court's ruling that had blocked access to the records, citing patient privacy under HIPAA.

A circuit court will now determine the specific scope of the records to be shared, aiming to minimize the disclosure of protected information.

The Missouri Attorney General’s Office is allowed to access patient health information as part of its investigation into the Washington University Transgender Center, an appeals court ruled Tuesday.

The Missouri Eastern District Court of Appeals decision , written by Judge Phillip Hess, reverses a ruling last year by a St. Louis judge that allowed the hea