Section 26-10D-1 – Short Title.
Section 26-10D-1 Short title. This chapter may be cited as the Alabama Child Placing Agency Inclusion Act. (Act 2017-213, §1.)
Section 26-10D-2 – Legislative Findings.
Section 26-10D-2 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds all of the following: (1) Alabama provides state licensed child placing services through various state, charitable, religious, and private organizations. (2) Religious organizations, in particular, have a lengthy and distinguished history of providing child placing services that predate government involvement. (3) Religious organizations have long been licensed and […]
Section 26-10D-3 – Definitions.
Section 26-10D-3 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ADVERSE ACTION. With respect to a child placing agency, any action that materially alters the license under a state program, including any of the following: a. Taking an enforcement action against the entity. b. Refusing to issue […]
Section 26-10D-4 – Purposes.
Section 26-10D-4 Purposes. The purposes of this chapter are as follows: (1) To prohibit governmental entities from discriminating or taking an adverse action against a child placing agency on the basis that the agency declines to make a child placement that conflicts, or under circumstances that conflict, with the sincerely held religious beliefs of the […]
Section 26-10D-5 – State Prohibited From Discriminating Against Child Care Service Providers Under Certain Conditions.
Section 26-10D-5 State prohibited from discriminating against child care service providers under certain conditions. (a) The state may not refuse to license or otherwise discriminate or take an adverse action against any child placing agency that is licensed by or required to be licensed by the state for child placing services on the basis that […]
Section 26-10D-6 – Minimum Standards for Child Placing Agencies Required.
Section 26-10D-6 Minimum Standards for Child Placing Agencies required. Child placing agencies shall otherwise meet the Minimum Standards for Child Placing Agencies required for child placement, pursuant to the Alabama Child Care Act of 1971, Chapter 7, Title 38. (Act 2017-213, §6.)
Section 26-10D-7 – Remedies.
Section 26-10D-7 Remedies. A child placing agency injured by a violation of subsection (a) of Section 26-10D-5 may obtain all appropriate relief provided by the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act. In addition to the remedies provided therein, an aggrieved agency shall be entitled to all rights, remedies, and defenses available to it under the First Amendment […]