California Dems Move to Punish Medical Providers for Sharing Data on ‘Gender-Affirming’ Care, Abortion

The Trump administration has been issuing subpoenas to medical providers, seeking information on “gender-affirming care” and abortions, but a new law proposed in California would punish hospitals and health-care facilities for complying with the federal government’s requests.

Assembly Bill 1930, introduced by Los Angeles Assemblyman Rick Chavez Zbur, would require the recipient of the federal subpoena to notify the state attorney general within seven days of receiving the request. The attorney general then has 30 days to review the subpoena before the hospital or business can comply. Providers must also notify the involved patients and doctors that their records have been requested. Failure to do so may result in a $15,000 fine.

Further, the issuer of the subpoena must include an affidavit that ensures that the request is not intended to punish doctors or providers for performing abortions or transgender procedures, which are protected under California law. It is permissible, however, to receive the records if they pertain to a California crime or an investigation into a “professional discipline,” which must be indicated on the affidavit.

The Trump administration’s Department of Justice has been requesting patient records, billing statements, and staff communication regarding “gender-affirming care” at the direction of President Trump, who issued an executive order on the matter in July 2025. More than 20 administrative subpoenas have been issued thus far.

The DOJ is issuing these subpoenas to investigate “health-care fraud” and “false statements.”

Zbur said what prompted the bill, in part, was the administration’s subpoena of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, seeking the medical records of minor transgender-identifying patients. In February, the hospital — the largest children’s health-care system in California — shuttered its youth gender clinic. It no longer offers “gender-affirming care” for patients under 19 years old.

“No one should have to fear that seeking lawful medical care in the state of California could put their privacy and their safety at risk,” Zbur said to the Assembly Judiciary Committee at last week’s hearing.

The bill passed on a party-line vote and is set to be discussed by the Assembly Public Safety Committee on Tuesday.

Rady Children’s Hospital, based in San Diego, was also the center of one of these federal investigations. Following the investigation, Rady also halted most of its gender-transition programs for minor patients. The hospital’s decision, however, is facing legal battles.

Layla Jane, a young woman who detransitioned and ultimately sued her healthcare provider, encouraged California lawmakers to reject the proposed bill.

“This bill shields providers so they can keep chopping up bodies,” Jane told the committee. “It wraps the doctors, the clinics, the gender industry in a legal blanket and says, ‘You are protected from accountability no matter who you harmed.’ There is no blanket for me.”

Jane is seeking punitive damages against Kaiser Foundation Hospitals Inc., the Permanente Medical Group, and other doctors and health care professionals who treated her for her alleged “gender dysphoria” from the ages of 12 to 17.