Ken Paxton gloats after extracting $10 million from Texas Children's Hospital for 'detransition' centerhttps://www.advocate.com/politics/states/texas-childrens-detransition 🔗Desiree Guerrero (6 Aug 2026)
An unprecedented settlement agreement has been reached in a case brought by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton that requires Texas Children's Hospital in Houston to pay $10 million to the state and create a "detransition clinic."
The settlement comes following an investigation initiated by the attorney general's office in 2023, according to a report by The Texas Tribune. That same year, Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 14 into law, which prohibits trans-identifying minors from receiving puberty blockers and hormone therapies. Although the agreement was reached in May, it was announced by Paxton's office on Friday that the historic settlement has now "been fully executed."
Under the agreement, the hospital must pay $10 million to the state for allegedly billing Texas Medicaid to fund illegal gender-transition interventions and using false diagnosis codes. It also forced Texas Children's to fire and revoke the medical privileges of five physicians who provided such care. So far, the names of the terminated physicians have not been released.
