Illinois will continue to defend gender-affirming health care, and federal dollars remain available for that care despite an executive order from President Donald Trump last week, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul said in a joint statement with other attorneys general on Wednesday.

The statement, from Raoul and the attorneys general of 14 other states, comes about a week after Trump issued an executive order seeking to end gender-affirming care that involves federal dollars for people under the age of 19, and that prohibits institutions that receive federal research grants from offering gender-affirming care for people under 19.

It’s an executive order that’s ignited confusion among hospitals and other providers of gender affirming care across the country, with some hospitals and clinics in other states abruptly halting such care. Large hospitals in Illinois that provide gender affirming care appear to still be providing the services.

Gender-affirming care can include a range of services, such as counseling, medications to delay puberty, hormone therapy and/or surgery.

The statement from the attorneys general says that “… federal funding to institutions that provide gender-affirming care continues to be available, irrespective of President Trump’s recent executive order. If the federal administration takes additional action to impede this critical funding, we will not hesitate to take further legal action.”

Raoul also notes in the statement that Illinois law requires health care providers to provide care to all residents and prohibits unlawful discrimination on the basis of gender identity.

Other states that joined Illinois in the statement include California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wisconsin.

The statement comes a day after PFLAG, the American Association of Physicians for Human Rights and transgender young adults and their families filed a lawsuit in federal court in Maryland challenging the executive order.

More to come.