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The Texas Attorney General's Office is accusing Houston Methodist hospitals of potentially denying patients organ transplants if they have not received a COVID-19 vaccine, which would violate a new state law.

In a letter that was shared publicly Monday but dated Oct. 2, the attorney general’s office cites a post on X from July that indicated a patient was not able to receive a kidney transplant until they received a COVID-19 vaccine.

House Bill 4076 , which took effect in September, prohibits Texas hospitals from denying organ transplants based solely on a patient's vaccination status.

"If still in effect, the Kidney Transplant CPG would violate state law by requiring patients to receive a COVID-19 vaccine prior to a kidney transplant," the lette

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