Tex. Lab. Code § 21.0021 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The term "disability":
(1) shall be construed in favor of broad coverage of individuals under Subchapters B and C, to the maximum extent allowed under those subchapters; and
(2) includes an impairment that is episodic or in remission that substantially limits a major life activity when active.
(b) The determination of whether an impairment substantially limits a major life activity must be made without regard to the ameliorative effects of mitigating measures, including:
(1) medication, medical supplies, medical equipment, medical appliances, prosthetic limbs and devices, hearing aids, cochlear implants and other implantable hearing devices, mobility devices, and oxygen therapy equipment;
(2) devices that magnify, enhance, or otherwise augment a visual image, other than eyeglasses and contact lenses that are intended to fully correct visual acuity or eliminate refractive error;
(3) the use of assistive technology;
(4) reasonable accommodations and auxiliary aids or services; and
(5) learned behavioral or adaptive neurological modifications.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 337 (H.B. 978), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2009.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.21.htm
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