Texas is opening up a detransition clinic
The settlement requires the hospital to fire five physicians, pay $10 million and offer services free for five years.
- On Friday, May 15, Texas Children's Hospital agreed to open the nation's first detransition clinic and pay $10 million to settle allegations it illegally billed Texas Medicaid for gender-affirming care for minors.
- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and the Justice Department secured the settlement following a years-long investigation alleging the hospital violated federal law by submitting false billings to secure insurance coverage for pediatric procedures.
- Under the agreement, the hospital must fire five physicians who provided gender-transition services, cease providing such care to minors, and fund the new clinic's operations free to patients for five years.
- Critics, including the advocacy group Equality Texas, denounced the settlement as politically motivated, while Texas Children's Hospital stated it settled to avoid costly litigation and redirect resources to patient care.
- The clinic will serve detransitioners—people who regret sex-change procedures—following years of advocacy by figures like Chloe Cole, who highlighted the lack of existing standards of care for this population.
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Texas Children's Hospital to launch first-ever 'detransition clinic,' settles federal complaint
Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston has agreed to establish the first-ever clinic designed to care for detransitioners after agreeing to settle federal allegations that it billed Texas Medicaid for "unallowable and illegal ‘gender-transition’ interventions," including the use of false diagnosis codes.
Texas Children's Hospital to Open First 'Detransition Clinic' in $10M Settlement Against Gender-Affirming Care
Texas Children’s Hospital was under investigation for billing practices related to gender-affirming careTexas Children's HospitalCredit: GettyNEED TO KNOWTexas Children's Hospital will be opening the country's first “detransition clinic” to reverse gender-affirming procedures on childrenThe clinic is part of a $10 million settlement after allegations of fraudulent Medicaid billing for gender-affirming careTransgender advocacy groups have critici…
Today on Texas Standard: Texas Children’s settles gender care fight with unprecedented clinic deal
Texas Children's Hospital has agreed to a first-of-its-kind settlement with the state of Texas over allegations it provided prohibited gender-transition treatments to minors. The deal includes a $10 million payment and the creation of what Attorney General Ken Paxton calls the nation’s first “detransition clinic.”
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