Texas Children’s Hospital Ordered to Open Detransition Clinic Under $10M Settlement
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a settlement with Texas Children’s Hospital requiring the hospital to create the nation’s first detransition clinic and to pay $10 million to the state for Medicaid-billing accusations, with five physicians’ medical privileges revoked; the clinic will be funded by the hospital for five years and offered free of charge to patients, drawing mixed reactions from advocates and lawmakers within the broader debate on transgender healthcare.
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