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The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, in Brandt v. Griffin, has upheld Arkansas’s Act 626, which bans gender-affirming medical care for minors. This ruling follows the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Skrmetti,...more
On August 1, Washington D.C. and 16 states sued the Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi, and President Donald Trump, alleging that the Trump Administration unlawfully prevented transgender minors from...more
On July 9, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced it sent more than 20 subpoenas to physicians and clinics involved in providing gender-affirming care to minors, and that the subpoenas related to...more
On July 9, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) hosted a workshop focused on perceived “dangers” arising from unfair or deceptive trade practices in marketing a variety of health care services falling under the label of...more
On the afternoon of July 4, President Trump signed into law H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act – comprehensive budget reconciliation legislation that represents the core of President’s second-term domestic agenda and...more
On June 18, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a major decision in United States v. Skrmetti, allowing Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors to take effect. The ruling reflects a substantial realignment in...more
On June 11, 2025, in a memorandum entitled Civil Division Enforcement Priorities (the “Memo”), the Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Division outlined its five priority areas for investigations and enforcement actions: (1)...more
The Civil Division of the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that President Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi have directed the Civil Division to use its enforcement authorities to “advance the administration’s policy...more
On June 11, 2025, Assistant Attorney General Brett A. Shumate issued an internal memorandum (the “Shumate memo”) to all Civil Division employees of the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”), describing the Division’s enforcement...more
As we hit the halfway point of 2025, now is the perfect time to revisit your compliance work plan. While it’s always good practice to assess whether your organization is meeting its compliance goals, this year presents a...more
In May 2025 the Department of Justice (DOJ) Criminal Division published its enforcement priorities, and the Civil Division has now followed suit with a memorandum of its own (the “Civil Division Memo”)...more
Attorney General (AG) Pam Bondi has issued a memorandum titled “Preventing the Mutilation of American Children” (the Memo) to select Component Heads of the Department of Justice (DOJ). Released on April 22, 2025, the Memo...more
On April 22, 2025, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a memorandum entitled “Preventing the Mutilation of American Children” (“the AG Memorandum”)....more
California legislators enacted Assembly Bill (AB) 2319 last fall in a landmark attempt to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in maternal and infant healthcare by addressing implicit bias in pregnancy, childbirth, and...more
Welcome to our third issue of 2025 of The Health Record -- our healthcare law insights e-newsletter. In this edition, we look at the possible expiration of telehealth flexibilities for Medicare patients, the potential...more
Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more
On March 4, 2025, a federal judge in Maryland issued a preliminary injunction to an executive order restricting access to gender-affirming care for individuals under the age of nineteen (the Executive Order)....more
As legal and policy developments continue to evolve, hospitals and health care professionals that provide gender-affirming care face new uncertainties regarding federal funding, compliance, and patient access. While these...more
On January 28, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14187, directed at limiting gender-affirming care provided to children and teenagers under the age of nineteen, alerting that the federal government “will not fund,...more
The Affordable Care Act, which was signed into law in 2010, contained a provision (commonly referred to as Section 1557) prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability in...more
Across the United States, there is a trend of state legislatures passing laws that restrict, or even outright prohibit, transgender minors from access to gender-affirming care, including puberty blockers, hormone therapy,...more
Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability, or any combination thereof, in a health program or activity, any part of which is...more
In a Final Rule issued on May 6, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”) finalized regulations implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (“Section 1557”). The Final Rule updates and...more
Gender-affirming care has become the latest flashpoint in state legislatures and state and federal courts across the nation. States are divided, with some passing laws that seek to restrict access to gender-affirming care...more
On April 26, 2024, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final rule (press release, fact sheet, FAQs) (final regulations) reinterpreting Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which prohibits...more