Sec. 2402.112.  NONDISCRIMINATION; ACCESSIBILITY.  (a)  A transportation network company shall adopt a policy that prohibits a driver logged in to the company's digital network from:
(1)  discriminating on the basis of a passenger's or potential passenger's location or destination, race, color, national origin, religious belief or affiliation, sex, disability, or age; and
(2)  refusing to provide service to a potential passenger with a service animal.
(b)  For the purposes of Subsection (a), "sex" means the physical condition of being male or female.
(c)  A transportation network company shall notify each person authorized to log in as a driver on the company's digital network of the nondiscrimination policy.  A driver logged in to the company's digital network shall comply with the nondiscrimination policy.
(d)  A transportation network company may not impose an additional charge for transportation of individuals with physical disabilities because of those disabilities.
(e)  A transportation network company shall provide a passenger an opportunity to indicate whether the passenger requires a wheelchair-accessible vehicle.  If a wheelchair-accessible vehicle cannot be provided, the company shall direct the requesting passenger to an alternate provider of wheelchair-accessible service, if available.
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 231 (H.B. 100), Sec. 1, eff. May 29, 2017.