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Title: TX sues doctor for “misrepresenting” patients’ genders & for billing...
Post by: Jessica_Rose on February 19, 2026, 09:33:13 AM
Post by: Jessica_Rose on February 19, 2026, 09:33:13 AM
Texas sues doctor for "misrepresenting" patients' genders & for billing under the wrong codes
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/02/texas-sues-doctor-for-misrepresenting-patients-genders-for-billing-under-the-wrong-codes/
Alex Bollinger (19 Feb 2026)
In the latest lawsuit brought by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) against health care providers who treat trans youth, the state is arguing that a doctor broke the law by not reporting the sex assigned at birth of some of the patients he treated and instead reporting their genders.
Pediatric and adolescent gynecologist Dr. Jason Jarin, who works at the UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, is accused of not listing patients' gender correctly and using the wrong billing codes in order to prevent Texas' Medicaid and CHIP programs from denying claims while treating trans youth with hormone therapy and puberty blockers. Texas bans gender-affirming care for transgender youth, but it doesn't ban such care for cisgender youth.
The lawsuit says that Dr. Jarin continued to prescribe hormone therapy for his trans patients after September 1, 2023, when the state's ban on gender-affirming care went into effect, so that his patients wouldn't have to detransition. The law allows for patients who were receiving hormone therapy before that date to continue getting hormones for 12 months, but only with diminishing dosages so that they could be "weaned off" the treatments.
The gender of the patients is an issue because the 2023 Texas law that bans gender-affirming care for trans youth does not ban any treatment in particular. Puberty blockers and hormone therapy are still perfectly legal under the law; they're only banned if they're prescribed to trans youth in relation to transgender health care. A cis boy can be prescribed testosterone under the law if a doctor believes that the boy needs it, but a trans boy cannot be prescribed testosterone under the law, even if a doctor believes that the boy needs it.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/02/texas-sues-doctor-for-misrepresenting-patients-genders-for-billing-under-the-wrong-codes/
Alex Bollinger (19 Feb 2026)
In the latest lawsuit brought by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) against health care providers who treat trans youth, the state is arguing that a doctor broke the law by not reporting the sex assigned at birth of some of the patients he treated and instead reporting their genders.
Pediatric and adolescent gynecologist Dr. Jason Jarin, who works at the UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, is accused of not listing patients' gender correctly and using the wrong billing codes in order to prevent Texas' Medicaid and CHIP programs from denying claims while treating trans youth with hormone therapy and puberty blockers. Texas bans gender-affirming care for transgender youth, but it doesn't ban such care for cisgender youth.
The lawsuit says that Dr. Jarin continued to prescribe hormone therapy for his trans patients after September 1, 2023, when the state's ban on gender-affirming care went into effect, so that his patients wouldn't have to detransition. The law allows for patients who were receiving hormone therapy before that date to continue getting hormones for 12 months, but only with diminishing dosages so that they could be "weaned off" the treatments.
The gender of the patients is an issue because the 2023 Texas law that bans gender-affirming care for trans youth does not ban any treatment in particular. Puberty blockers and hormone therapy are still perfectly legal under the law; they're only banned if they're prescribed to trans youth in relation to transgender health care. A cis boy can be prescribed testosterone under the law if a doctor believes that the boy needs it, but a trans boy cannot be prescribed testosterone under the law, even if a doctor believes that the boy needs it.