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SENATE SUMMARY OF HOUSE AMENDMENTS
SB 179 2021 Regular Session Connick
KEYWORD AND SUMMARY AS RETURNED TO THE SENATE
INSURANCE POLICIES. Provides for automobile insurance coverage for
transportation network drivers. (8/1/21)
SUMMARY OF HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO THE SENATE BILL
1. Removes the exception in proposed law for private passenger vehicles while
the insured is logged on to a transportation network company's digital
network during the pre-trip acceptance period.
2. Provides that prior to a transportation network company driver accepting
rides, the company must give a disclosure to the driver regarding any liability
coverage the company has rejected.
3. Makes technical changes.
DIGEST OF THE SENATE BILL AS RETURNED TO THE SENATE
DIGEST
SB 179 Engrossed 2021 Regular Session Connick
Present law provides that prior to accepting a request for a prearranged ride on a
transportation network company's network, the company shall disclose to its drivers the
types and limits of insurance coverage it provides relative to the driver's use of a personal
vehicle in connection with the transportation network company's digital network.
Proposed law retains present law and requires that transportation network companies also
disclose to its drivers any liability coverages rejected by the company prior the driver
accepting a prearranged ride on the transportation network company's digital network.
Effective August 1, 2021.
(Amends R.S. 45:201.5(A)(1))
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Thomas L Tyler
Deputy Chief of Staff
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