Texas Children's Hospital Settles with Texas

Texas Children s Hospital, the largest children's hospital in the United States, has settled a lawsuit with the state of United States — Texas. The settlement requires Texas Children s Hospital to pay $10 million for allegedly billing United States — Medicaid for gender-affirming treatments prohibited by state law. Additionally, Texas Children s Hospital will fire five doctors who performed these procedures and establish the country's first 'detransition clinic' to reverse gender-affirming treatments for transgender youth. For the first five years, the clinic's services will be free of charge. This agreement follows a years-long investigation by United States — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and was coordinated with the United States — United States Department of Justice. Texas Children s Hospital stated it settled to protect its resources from costly litigation, while maintaining compliance with all laws.