The hospital system disputed the allegation that it’s violating a new state law, saying it does not have a policy requiring transplant recipients to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or any other disease. Medical experts have said transplant recipients benefit from a COVID-19 vaccine.
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…