Texas Children's Hospital has 90 days to open 'detransition clinic' under terms of settlement
The hospital will provide free detransition care for five years and pay $10 million, including more than $8 million to Texas, under the settlement.
- Texas Children's Hospital must open a free "detransition clinic" within 90 days under a $10 million settlement announced Wednesday by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
- The agreement resolves a yearslong investigation by the state and the U.S. Department of Justice into allegations that the hospital illegally billed Texas Medicaid for gender-transition interventions using fraudulent diagnosis codes.
- Under the settlement, Texas Children's must fire five physicians, amend institutional bylaws to prohibit future gender-transition services, and fund free multidisciplinary care—including surgery and hormone therapy—for five years.
- The hospital will pay $1.7 million to nurse-whistleblower Vanessa Sivadge, who was terminated in 2024 after exposing the facility's secret gender-affirming care for minors.
- Texas Children's stated that settling was a "difficult decision," aiming to "bring a close to this chapter to focus our resources on life-saving care." The clinic represents the first facility of its kind in the nation.
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Texas Children’s Hospital to Open First 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...
Texas Children's Hospital Launches First Detransition Clinic
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...
Whistleblower nurse Vanessa Sivadge secures first 'detransitioner clinic' in settlement with Texas Children's Hospital
Vanessa Sivadge, a Christian nurse who was fired from her job at Texas Children's Hospital (TCH) after exposing alleged Medicaid fraud related to the illegal castration of minors, secured a settlement that includes the hospital establishing the first free detransitioner clinic in the United States.
Texas Children’s Hospital Admits To Years Of Serious Lies In Settlement Over Transing Kids
To pay for transgender procedures for children, TCH and its providers pretended that those children had illnesses that they didn't have. Then they billed insurance for the treatment of the fake illnesses.
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