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Texas Children’s Hospital to establish detransition clinic following settlement
Texas Children’s Hospital will create a detransition clinic as part of a settlement with the Department of Justice and the state of Texas. The hospital will also pay $10 million in penalties. (sources: foxnews, nbcnews, nytimes, axios, theguardian)
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ModernAction Briefing
The establishment of the detransition clinic follows an investigation into billing practices related to gender-transition treatments. This settlement is intended to resolve the inquiry.
- Texas Children’s Hospital will pay $10 million and open the first detransition clinic in the country.
- The settlement addresses a Department of Justice and Texas state investigation into the hospital's billing practices for gender-transition treatments.
- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the creation of the clinic as part of the settlement.
Why it matters
The creation of the detransition clinic represents a significant development in the ongoing discussions surrounding transgender healthcare and related legal inquiries.
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Top coverage · 6 sources
foxnewsLargest children’s hospital in US to open ‘detransition clinic’ after $10M settlement with Trump DOJ, statenbcnewsTexas Children’s will create ‘detransition clinic’ to settle DOJ and state investigationnytimesHospital Will Open First ‘Detransition’ Clinic in Legal Settlement With TexasaxiosTexas Children's must open country's first "detransition clinic"