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Texas Revises Prison Hormone Therapy Rules for Adults, Minors
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- Texas Department of Criminal Justice revised its policy to let adults in prisons continue documented hormone therapy unless medically contraindicated.
- The new rules require incarcerated minors to be weaned off hormone therapy.
- Minors may keep hormone medication started before June 1, 2023 if they completed twelve counseling sessions in six months.
- The policy bars minors from initiating or switching to any treatment prohibited by Texas law.