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Texas Children’s Hospital must create country’s first “detransition clinic” under legal settlement with state
Texas Tribune – Health · By Terri Langford and Colleen DeGuzman · May 15, 2026
In plain language
Texas Children’s Hospital has reached a legal settlement with the state that requires it to open the nation’s first “detransition clinic.” This new clinic will offer medical services and support for individuals who wish to reverse previous gender-transition procedures. Under the agreement, the hospital will provide these services for free during the first five years of operation. The settlement follows a state investigation into the hospital’s past medical practices and billing procedures regarding gender-affirming care.
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Key takeaways
- Texas Children’s Hospital will establish the first specialized clinic in the U.S. for patients seeking to detransition.
- Services at the new clinic will be free to patients for the first five years of its operation.
- The hospital must pay the state $10 million to resolve allegations of improper Medicaid billing.
- Five physicians must have their medical privileges revoked as part of the legal agreement.
- Major medical associations continue to support evidence-based gender-affirming care as medically necessary for children.
- Critics express concern that the clinic was created through political pressure rather than medical necessity.
Texas Children’s Hopspital and other buildings in the Texas Medical Center in Houston on June 26, 2020. " data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.texastribune.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Texas-Childrens-Hospital-Houston-MYL.jpg?fit=780%2C520&quality=89&ssl=1" /> Attorney General Ken Paxton said on Friday that Texas Children’s must also pay $10 million to the state because it illegally provided transgender care to kids. The post Texas Children’s Hospital must create country’s first “detransition clinic” under legal settlement with state appeared first on The Texas Tribune.
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