Texas Children's Hospital Opens Detransition Clinic After $10M Deal
The facility, funded for five years under a May settlement, serves patients up to age 21 for general care and older adults for obstetric and gynecologic needs.
By Amina Howard ·
Texas Children's Hospital opened its new detransition clinic in October, fulfilling a requirement set in a settlement with the state attorney general's office earlier this year.
The facility provides multidisciplinary care to individuals who previously received gender-transition treatments. Patients aged 21 and younger can access general detransition services, while those older than 21 receive specialized obstetric and gynecologic care, according to the attorney general's office.
Under the terms of the agreement, the hospital must fully fund all clinic services for the first five years. The institution also agreed to promote the clinic on its website to ensure public awareness of the new department.
The clinic opened as part of a $10 million settlement announced in May. The dispute arose under the Texas Health Care Program Fraud Prevention Act, with the state alleging the hospital improperly billed Texas Medicaid for gender-transition interventions. More than $8 million of the settlement amount goes to the state, and $1.7 million is designated for whistleblower Vanessa Sivadge.
Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the opening in a statement, describing the facility as the nation's first-ever detransition clinic. He said the clinic would provide support to those affected by what he called the "radical left’s gender ideology." The settlement also resulted in the permanent revocation of privileges for five doctors associated with the hospital.
The hospital and the state resolved their claims through this monetary and operational agreement, marking the conclusion of the legal dispute over Medicaid billing practices.
