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Texas Widens Investigation Into Complaints Parents Denied Access to Their Teens’ Medical Records

Texas Widens Investigation Into Complaints Parents Denied Access to Their Teens’ Medical Records
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Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Senior Reporter
11/17/2022|Updated: 11/17/2022
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Texas is investigating claims that hospitals and medical-records companies deny parents access to their child’s data once they reach the age of 13.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on Nov. 17 that he is expanding his investigation into Epic Systems Corporation, an electronic medical records company in Wisconsin.

Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Senior Reporter
Darlene McCormick Sanchez is an Epoch Times reporter who covers border security and immigration, election integrity, and Texas politics. Ms. McCormick Sanchez has 20 years of experience in media and has worked for outlets including Waco Tribune Herald, Tampa Tribune, and Waterbury Republican-American. She was a finalist for a Pulitzer prize for investigative reporting.
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