Texas has withdrawn claims related to parental access to minors’ medical records in its lawsuit against Verona, Wis.-based Epic, while its broader antitrust case against the EHR vendor continues.
The state filed a notice of partial nonsuit Nov. 10, withdrawing allegations that Epic engaged in deceptive practices by restricting parents’ access to their children’s medical information, according to the filing, which Becker’s reviewed.
The filing attributed the decision to recent changes in Epic’s software. However, Epic disputed that characterization in a statement shared with Becker’s.
“The Texas lawsuit includes significant inaccuracies, including claims about MyChart’s customer proxy settings. The state filed a voluntary dismissal of those claims on Tuesday,” an Epic spokesperson said.
The spokesperson added that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office requested that the EHR vendor change its customers’ system settings.
“We said no because those decisions should be made by doctors and health systems and not by Epic,” the spokesperson said. “The lawsuit followed. Since the lawsuit was filed, we have made no changes to our software to comply with their request. The State should dismiss the remaining claims.”
Mr. Paxton filed the lawsuit Dec. 10, 2025, accusing Epic of using exclusionary practices to maintain its dominance in the EHR market and restricting parental access to minors’ medical records.
The state’s parental-access allegations centered on MyChart proxy settings that Texas claimed limited parents’ access to certain medical information when children turned 12. Epic has maintained that individual healthcare organizations, rather than the company, determine how parental access is configured.
The remaining lawsuit includes allegations under the Texas Free Enterprise and Antitrust Act that Epic uses its market position to restrict competition, interfere with hospitals’ ability to use patient data and limit competing technologies.
Epic has denied those allegations. In previous coverage, Becker’s reported that Epic disputed the state’s allegations involving interoperability, application programming interface pricing and other competitive practices.
