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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 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.