Texas § OC.2402.1075 - HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS AND PREVENTION TRAINING MATERIALS REQUIRED

§ OC.2402.1075. HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS AND PREVENTION TRAINING MATERIALS REQUIRED

HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS AND PREVENTION TRAINING MATERIALS REQUIRED. (a) A transportation network company shall annually provide to each driver who is authorized to log in to the company's digital network human trafficking awareness and prevention training materials. The training materials must: (1) be provided in a digital video format or Internet-based video format; (2) be not less than 15 minutes in duration; (3) be approved by the attorney general; (4) be provided in English and Spanish; (5) be provided to a new driver before the driver is authorized to provide prearranged rides using the company's digital network; and (6) include: (A) an overview of human trafficking, including a description of: (i) the experience of human trafficking victims; (ii) how and why human trafficking takes place in the transportation industry; and (iii) how human trafficking is defined under state and federal law; (B) guidance on how to identify individuals who are most at risk for human trafficking; (C) information on the difference between labor and sex trafficking as that relates to identification of human trafficking in the transportation industry; (D) guidance on the role of a driver in reporting and responding to human trafficking; and (E) the contact information of appropriate entities for reporting human trafficking, including: (i) the National Human Trafficking Hotline toll-free telephone number and text line; (ii) appropriate law enforcement agencies; and (iii) a telephone number designated by the attorney general for reporting suspected human trafficking. (b) A transportation network company shall maintain records necessary to establish that the company has provided the training materials required by this section. Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 713 (H.B. 2313 ), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.