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Texas Children\u2019s Hospital in Houston has to create a detransition clinic for transgender patients by this summer and keep a list of \u201cpotential\u201d gender affirming care patients, according to new details released Monday by the Texas Attorney General\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n

According to a 10-page list of settlement terms, requested by The Texas Tribune, Texas Children\u2019s has 90 days from the effective date of the settlement to set up the detransition clinic. The attorney general announced the settlement two weeks ago but because a final settlement has not been signed there is no effective date agreed upon yet.<\/p>\n

The $10 million settlement, first announced on May 15, is the result of a 2023 investigation by the attorney general\u2019s office into Texas Children\u2019s. That same year, Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 14 that bars transgender children from receiving puberty blockers and hormone therapies. Previously, all that was known about the settlement was that the hospital agreed to pay $10 million to the state and permanently revoke the medical privileges of three current doctors and two former ones.<\/p>\n

The settlement terms released Monday are the first details about the unusual agreement between the nation\u2019s largest pediatric hospital and the attorney general that would set up the nation\u2019s first \u201cdetransitioning clinic.\u201d Detransitioning is the stopping or reversal of transitioning care by social, medical or legal means, and it is rare for people to regret transitioning after taking hormone therapy and surgical interventions.<\/p>\n

Common reasons for detransitioning include lack of family support, financial barriers and social pressure.<\/p>\n

Per the settlement, Texas Children\u2019s must also create a website for the detransition clinic and create a donate page so those individuals wanting to donate money toward the detransition clinic\u2019s efforts, can do so. The hospital must keep a \u201cPotential GAC Patient List\u201d that includes all diagnostic codes detailed by the AG and conduct an internal review of the list to confirm compliance with state and federal laws and the settlement agreement.<\/p>\n

According to Texas Children\u2019s, they have not been asked to share the list and noted to do so would not be legally permissible. \u201cWe abide by HIPAA and protecting patient privacy is one of our top priorities,\u201d the hospital said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The attorney general\u2019s office released to the Tribune a \u201cSettlement Term Sheet\u201d and not the complete settlement document between the two parties, as originally requested because one has not been signed. \u201cWe\u2019ve aligned on a term sheet and the next step is to finalize the settlement agreement per standard practice,\u201d Texas Children\u2019s said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Other requirements include the removal of all hospital press releases from the Texas Children\u2019s website related to gender transition services. The clinic will provide multiple services including access to endocrinology, surgery, primary care, fertility counseling, psychiatry and psychotherapy.<\/p>\n

As previously announced, TCH must bar any gender-affirming care procedures, what the Texas attorney general\u2019s office calls \u201csex-rejecting\u201d procedures in the settlement, defined as pharmaceutical or surgical interventions that \u201cattempt to align an individual\u2019s physical appearance or body \u2026 that differs from the individual\u2019s sex.\u201d This includes puberty blockers and hormone treatments. Also previously announced was the permanent revoking of medical privileges to three current doctors and two former ones.<\/p>\n

The hospital previously issued a statement insisting it complied with all laws and decided to settle to close a legal chapter that has been, in their words: \u201cwrought with falsehoods and distractions.\u201d The hospital also noted earlier that the services demanded as part of the settlement were already offered at the hospital. Late Monday, they emphasized that fact. \u201cThe detransition clinic will formalize the supportive, multidisciplinary services we already deliver to all patients who need our care,\u201d the hospital statement said. \u201cThis simply provides structure and a name for the services we currently provide.\u201d<\/p>\n

A 2024 study of private insurance by Harvard University\u2019s T.H. Chan School of Public Health found that less than 1% of minors are transgender and received puberty blockers or hormone treatments.<\/p>\n

Disclosure: Texas Children\u2019s Hospital has been a financial supporter of The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that is funded in part by donations from members, foundations and corporate sponsors. Financial supporters play no role in the Tribune\u2019s journalism. Find a complete list of them here.<\/em><\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on <\/em>The Texas Tribune.<\/p>\n

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