"Rady Children's Hospital said Saturday that it is reviewing a new lawsuit filed by California Attorney General Rob Bonta that alleges violation of the conditions his office placed on the organization's merger with Children's Hospital of Orange County in 2024. Among those conditions is an alphabetized list of 36 medical services that the combined health care systems are required to continue providing for ten years from the closing date of the affiliation agreement."
"The attorney general's conditional affiliation approval is quite specific that those listed services be maintained at no less than their current capacities, types, acuity levels, licenses and certifications, and in compliance with state and federal regulations. When those conditions were made, and the Rady-CHOC merger was completed in early 2025, the federal government had not yet proposed ending all Medicaid and Medicare funding for facilities that provide gender-affirming care to minors."
"Rady confirmed last week that it had stopped all gender-affirming medical interventions, procedures and prescriptions, while continuing to offer supportive services such as counseling and offering mental health care resources. The decision was immediately decried by the estimated 1,000 families in San Diego County that were using Rady's gender clinic and by the larger advocacy community, which includes many of the program's previous patients who attended a protest outside the hospital one week ago."
"Taking Orange County into account, Bonta says the actual number of kids affected is larger than 1,000. Rady flagrantly disregarded its legal obligations by unilaterally deciding to preemptively comply with the Administration's demands and cease medically necessary care for roughly 1,450 patients, Bonta said in a statement. We will not allow Rady to violate its obligations to patients and the state. We will fight"
California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit alleging Rady Children's Hospital violated conditions placed on its 2024 merger with Children's Hospital of Orange County. The affiliation agreement requires the combined system to continue 36 specific medical services, including gender-affirming care listed at No. 10, for ten years at existing capacities, types, acuity levels, licenses and certifications while complying with state and federal regulations. Rady paused all gender-affirming medical interventions, procedures and prescriptions, while retaining counseling and other supportive services. Approximately 1,000 families in San Diego County and about 1,450 patients including Orange County are affected, according to Bonta.
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