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Texas Children’s Hospital to Open 1st Detransition Clinic Under Paxton Settlement

Just a few months after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a settlement agreement with Texas Children’s Hospital, the facility has 90 days to implement a detransition clinic.

In February, Paxton sued Texas Children’s Hospital and a Dallas-area doctor for illegally transitioning children and engaging in Medicaid fraud, which made taxpayers cover the costs for the procedures.

The lawsuit stemmed from the Texas Legislature passing Senate Bill 14, which codified a statewide ban on gender-transition interventions for minors, including mutilative surgeries and cross-sex hormone therapies.

In May, an out-of-court civil settlement was reached that required the hospital to pay “$10 million for billing Texas Medicaid for unallowable and illegal ‘gender-transition’ interventions, including by using false diagnosis codes; and compels the termination and revocation of privileges of multiple physicians.”

The settlement also........

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