Settlement: Mount Sinai Health System agrees to end gender-affirming care for minors
- Date
- Actor
- Department of Justice, Civil Division
- Agency
- Department of Justice (DOJ)
- Type
- Institutional compliance
Summary
Resolving a False Claims Act and Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act investigation, Mount Sinai agreed to stop providing puberty blockers, hormones and related surgery to minors, to pay a monetary penalty, and to dedicate $2 million to care for people who say they were harmed by treatment they received as children. It is the fourth hospital system to settle in DOJ's nationwide investigation, after Texas Children's Hospital, Cleveland Clinic and Connecticut Children's (see sections 3 and 11).
Status
Settlement announced Sept. 4, 2026. The claims resolved are allegations only; there was no determination of liability. DOJ says its investigation of other providers continues.
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Sources
- justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-secures-agreement-mount-sinai-end-pediatr…(opens another site)
Cite this action
Press Release, U.S. Dep't of Just., Justice Department Secures Agreement with Mount Sinai to End Pediatric "Gender-Affirming Care" (Sept. 4, 2026), https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-secures-agreement-mount-sinai-end-pediatric-gender-affirming-care.
Short form: Press Release, U.S. Dep't of Just., Justice Department Secures Agreement with Mount Sinai to End Pediatric "Gender-Affirming Care" (Sept. 4, 2026), https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-secures-agreement-mount-sinai-end-pediatric-gender-affirming-care.