Texas Children's Hospital Opens First Youth Detransition Clinic Under $10 Million Settlement
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Updated · Fox News · Oct 31
Texas Children's Hospital Opens First Youth Detransition Clinic Under $10 Million Settlement
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 31
Summary
$10 million settlement terms have now taken effect at Texas Children's Hospital, which says its youth detransition clinic is operational and triaging prospective patients, though no clinical appointments have yet occurred.
The clinic was required under Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's settlement over allegations the hospital improperly billed Texas Medicaid for gender-transition treatments; the deal was reached in May and finalized in August.
Texas Children's said the program will provide multidisciplinary care within existing licensure, including endocrinology, surgery, primary care, fertility counseling, psychiatry, psychology, social work and speech pathology.
Patients through age 21 can receive detransition-related medical care, while older patients can receive related obstetric and gynecologic care; the hospital must fully fund services for five years and offer them at no cost.
The opening lands amid a broader Republican push against transgender-related care, with Paxton in a tight Senate race and the Trump administration already moving to end Medicaid funding for minors' transition surgeries.