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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has withdrawn his attempt to obtain information on transgender patients from Seattle Children’s Hospital following a court settlement. The hospital had previously stated that it does not provide in-person or remote transitional care to Texas residents. As part of the agreement, the hospital will withdraw its business license in Texas. This settlement comes after Paxton initiated an investigation in November, following the passage of a Texas law banning puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender youth. Seattle Children’s Hospital was one of several clinics that received such requests for information. Paxton’s office is also involved in a legal battle regarding the potential for child abuse investigations into parents providing transition-related care. The agreement between Paxton and the hospital resolves their dispute.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has reached a settlement with Seattle Children’s Hospital, dropping his request for information about transgender patients from Texas in exchange for the hospital withdrawing its business license in the state. The settlement comes amid a state law enacted last September that bans gender-affirming care for trans youth. Paxton’s office is also embroiled in a legal battle over whether the state can open child abuse investigations into parents who provide this type of care for their children.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has settled with Seattle Children’s Hospital, dropping his request for information on transgender patients from Texas and the hospital withdrawing its business license in the state. The settlement follows a state law banning gender-affirming care for trans youth, and Paxton’s statement that medical providers in Texas must abide by the law.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has dropped his request for Seattle Children’s Hospital to hand over records regarding gender-affirming treatment potentially given to children from Texas, as part of a lawsuit settlement announced Monday. The hospital filed suit against Paxton’s office in December in response to his investigation into transgender care. As part of the settlement, the hospital agreed to withdraw its registration to transact business in Texas, despite not providing transgender care or health facilities in the state.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has withdrawn his request to seize transgender patients’ information from Seattle Children’s Hospital as part of a settlement agreement. Paxton’s office had subpoenaed the hospital, suspecting it was providing transition-related care to Texas youth, which is banned in the state. Seattle Children’s Hospital denies providing such care to Texans. As part of the settlement, the hospital will withdraw its business license in Texas.