S.D. Codified Laws § 26-6-40

Current through the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 26-6-40 - Licensure and state benefit programs available to religious child-placement agency

Any faith-based or religious child-placement agency or organization that seeks to become a child-placement agency is eligible, on the same basis as any other child-placement agency or organization, to receive a license or participate in a state benefit program. The state may not discriminate against a faith-based or religious organization on the basis, wholly or partly, of the organization's religious character or affiliation.

SDCL 26-6-40

SL 2017, ch 114, §5.
Added by S.L. 2017, ch. 114,s. 5, eff. 7/1/2017.