GOP gov signs “harmful” law creating a state database of trans patients

[Jessica_Rose ✅]

GOP gov signs "harmful" law creating a state database of trans patients

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/05/gop-gov-signs-harmful-law-creating-a-state-database-of-trans-patients/ 🔗

Daniel Villarreal (8 May 2026)

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) signed H.B. 754/S.B. 676 into law on Thursday. It requires all healthcare providers who receive state funding to provide information about their trans patients to the state for a publicly available database, or else face . While the individual patients won't be identified by name, LGBTQ+ and privacy advocates worry that the database (which will be available through the Tennessee Department of Health website) will make it easy to target gender-affirming doctors and identify members of the state's small trans population.

The law requires gender-affirming care providers to report on any patient's who received a "transition procedure," the exact care they received (whether medication or surgery), their "biological sex" they were assigned at birth, their age, county of residence, their doctor's name and contact information, as well as any information on neurological, behavioral, or mental health conditions that they've been diagnosed with in the past, HuffPo reported.

Healthcare providers who do not provide this information could have their medical licenses suspended for at least six months, their employers could be fined up to $150,000, and they would be subject to investigation by state Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti.

The law also requires trans people seeking insurance coverage for gender-affirming care to also purchase coverage for detransition care, even though only an estimated 3% of trans people ever detransition. This requirement will likely increase healthcare costs for trans Tennesseeans, making it more inaccessible.

[Lori Dee ✅]

There is absolutely no need for the government to have this information.

It is nobody's business, least of all a bunch of bureaucrats.

I hope every provider in Tennessee changes to using different diagnostic codes to avoid reporting.

The Supreme Court should strike this down... in a couple of years... maybe.