{"id":2603929,"date":"2026-05-18T10:41:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T14:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scandal-ridden-hospital-to-open-first-us-detransition-clinic-in-historic-legal-settlement\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T10:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T14:43:09","slug":"scandal-ridden-hospital-to-open-first-us-detransition-clinic-in-historic-legal-settlement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scandal-ridden-hospital-to-open-first-us-detransition-clinic-in-historic-legal-settlement\/","title":{"rendered":"Scandal-Ridden Hospital to Open First US &#8216;Detransition&#8217; Clinic in Historic Legal Settlement"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fscandal-ridden-hospital-to-open-first-us-detransition-clinic-in-historic-legal-settlement%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2603929&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that Texas Children\u2019s Hospital in Houston has agreed to open a \u201cDetransition Clinic\u201d to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >provide free \u201csex-change detransition\u201d services<\/a> for the next five years, as part of a settlement tied to allegations of Medicaid health-care fraud. paxton said the hospital will also pay $10 million and terminate or revoke privileges for multiple physicians.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement follows years of controversy starting in 2023, including claims that the hospital misled the public about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-endorses-sex-change-surgery-hormone-therapy-for-children\/\" title=\"Biden Administration Endorses ...-Change Surgery, Hormone Therapy for Children\">providing gender-affirming care<\/a> to minors and that taxpayers funded parts of it through Texas Medicaid. Paxton\u2019s office said the settlement also resolves allegations supported by leaked documents and later whistleblowing by a nurse, along with subsequent investigations. The hospital disputes the allegations,saying it cooperated with authorities and that further reviews still support compliance with the law,while it framed the settlement as a costly litigation avoidance decision.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>America\u2019s largest children\u2019s hospital agreed to open the nation\u2019s first \u201cDetransition Clinic\u201d after years of scandals involving child sex-change procedures, Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Texas Children\u2019s Hospital in Houston will provide free sex-change detransition services through the clinic for its first five years as part of a legal settlement with Texas, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasattorneygeneral.gov\/news\/releases\/attorney-general-paxton-makes-history-securing-landmark-healthcare-fraud-settlement-creates-nations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paxton\u2019s office said<\/a> in a statement. The hospital drew national outrage starting in 2023 for misleading the public about giving so<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-doj-warns-red-states-not-to-restrict-gender-affirming-care-for-trans-kids\/\" title=\"Biden DOJ Warns Red States Not To Restrict \u2018Gender-Affirming Care\u2019 for Trans Kids\">-called gender-affirming care<\/a> to minors and secretly making taxpayers fund it through Texas Medicaid.<\/p>\n<p>The settlement also requires Texas Children\u2019s Hospital to pay $10 million over the alleged Medicaid fraud and \u201ccompels the termination and revocation of privileges of multiple physicians\u201d at the facility, Paxton\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, we made the difficult decision to settle with the Texas Attorney General and the Department of Justice, closing a chapter that has been wrought with falsehoods and distractions,\u201d the hospital <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texaschildrens.org\/content\/news-release\/media-statement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said in a statement<\/a>. \u201cTo be clear \u2014 we are settling to protect our resources from endless and costly litigation. This settlement will allow us to redirect those precious resources to focus on the life-saving care and groundbreaking discoveries of our exceptional clinicians and scientists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paxton first started <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasattorneygeneral.gov\/news\/releases\/paxton-announces-second-investigation-texas-hospital-potentially-unlawfully-performing-gender\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">investigating Texas Children\u2019s Hospital in 2023<\/a> after surgeon Eithan Haim leaked documents to journalist Chris Rufo showing the facility was giving children sex-change surgeries and hormones \u2014 despite telling the public it had stopped and despite <a href=\"https:\/\/gov.texas.gov\/news\/post\/governor-abbott-directs-dfps-to-investigate-gender-transitioning-procedures-as-child-abuse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Republican Gov. Greg Abbott<\/a> legally declaring such procedures as child abuse. The Biden administration tried prosecuting Haim on charges of violating medical privacy law, but President Donald Trump\u2019s officials dropped the case in his first week in office.<\/p>\n<p>Vanessa Sivadge, a nurse at the hospital, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/article\/the-murky-business-of-transgender-medicine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">blew the whistle months after Haim<\/a> on what she called falsification of medical records meant to get Medicaid funding for the sex changes, Rufo reported in 2024. The Biden administration investigated her as well, though this did not result in charges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe impossible was done by [Paxton] and his team at the [attorney general\u2019s] office,\u201d Haim said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EithanDHaimMD\/status\/2055290217947676676\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Friday X post<\/a> responding to the settlement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI cannot believe this happened,\u201d Haim added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis settlement will ensure that the deranged child mutilators who hurt our kids are fired and held accountable,\u201d said Paxton, who is running for a U.S. Senate seat in a <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Ken_Paxton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GOP primary runoff<\/a> election on May 26.<\/p>\n<p>Texas Children\u2019s Hospital, however, maintains it did nothing wrong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the last three years, we have cooperated fully with the Texas Attorney General and Department of Justice, navigating an unconscionable campaign of mistruths and mischaracterizations related to gender affirming care,\u201d the hospital said. \u201cWe produced over 5 million documents and conducted multiple internal and external investigations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll reviews and investigations continue to support the facts \u2014 we have been compliant with all laws,\u201d the hospital claimed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. 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