N.Y. AG's Office Orders NYU Langone to Resume Youth Trans Care

"New York state laws prohibit discrimination based on a patient's membership in a protected class. NYU Langone's change in policy is self-imposed. Rules ending federal funding haven't yet taken effect, indicating the hospital made this decision voluntarily rather than in response to implemented regulations."

"The Health and Human Services Department said it planned to bar hospitals from performing sex-rejecting procedures on children under age 18 as a condition of participation in Medicare and Medicaid programs. Losing that federal funding would cut off a huge source of revenue for these institutions."

"President Trump ordered the HHS secretary to take all appropriate actions to end the chemical and surgical mutilation of children, and specifically suggested changing Medicaid and Medicare requirements to enforce this policy across healthcare institutions receiving federal funding."

NYU Langone Health closed its Transgender Youth Health Program in response to Trump administration pressure, prompting New York's attorney general to intervene. The AG's office cited state laws prohibiting discrimination based on protected class membership, directing the hospital to resume providing puberty blockers and hormones to transgender youth. The Trump administration threatened to bar hospitals from performing gender-affirming procedures on minors as a condition of Medicare and Medicaid participation, creating financial pressure on healthcare institutions. The AG noted that federal funding restrictions have not yet taken effect, characterizing NYU Langone's policy change as self-imposed rather than legally mandated.

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