Title: Lawmakers could subpoena CT Children's over gender care deal with TrumpLink To: Article 🔗 [Link: ctmirror.org/2026/09/02/lawmakers-subpoena-connecticut-childrens-gender-affirming-care-trump/]Author: Katy Golvala, CT Mirror
Date: September 2, 2026
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Brief summary of the articleDemocratic co-chairs of Connecticut's legislative Human Services Committee are seeking details of Connecticut Children's agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice to end gender-affirming care for minors. The article reports that lawmakers requested the agreement and related correspondence and may use subpoena power if needed. Connecticut Children's said it protected patient privacy during the investigation and settlement process, while Republican leadership criticized the lawmakers' approach as political.
Main Points of the Article"The Democratic co-chairs of the state legislature's Human Services Committee say residents deserve to know the details of a Connecticut hospital's deal with the Trump administration to end gender-affirming care for children."
"The deal included a "commitment" to stop providing gender-affirming care to minors, including hormones and puberty blockers, as well as a monetary penalty and an additional $500,000 in medical care to people "living with the harmful consequences of 'gender affirming care,'" according to the DOJ announcement."
"Human Services Committee co-Chairs Matt Lesser, D-Middletown, and Jillian Gilchrest, D-West Hartford, sent a letter to Connecticut Children's earlier this week requesting copies of the agreement and all correspondence between the hospital and the Justice Department, according to a press release from Democratic legislators."
"State law gives legislative committee chairs the power to subpoena witnesses and require the production of documents related to matters under investigation by their committees."
"We have an obligation to the people of Connecticut," Gilchrest said. "We've said that we are a safe state to be able to receive these services, and so I think it is incumbent on myself as a lawmaker to understand what this agreement is."
"Connecticut Children's did not turn over any patient protected health information to the federal government during this investigation or settlement process. Protecting that information was a line we would not cross, and safeguarding the privacy of our patients will remain non-negotiable."
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