The federal government plans to jump into the lawsuit outgoing Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton joined against Planned Parenthood over $10 million in Medicaid payments.

The U.S. Justice Department notified a federal court that it will intervene days after Democrat Nathan Johnson was elected state attorney general.

Texas joined the lawsuit in 2022, accusing Planned Parenthood of improperly billing Medicaid during the period that the state was trying to kick the organization from the payment program.