Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston's Texas Medical Center, on Aug. 28, 2020.

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 vacci

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