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This bill establishes legislative findings related to faith-based and religiously affiliated child-placing agencies and child-caring facilities in Kentucky. It creates definitions for key terms such as "adverse action," "child welfare services," and "child welfare services provider." The bill prohibits governmental entities from discriminating against or taking adverse action against child welfare services providers based on the provider's sincerely held religious beliefs or moral convictions. It allows child welfare services providers to assert violations of the bill's provisions as a claim or defense in judicial or administrative proceedings, and waives sovereign and governmental immunity for such proceedings. The bill also requires parties to make a good-faith effort to resolve claims through alternative dispute resolution before initiating an action. Finally, the bill states that its provisions shall be construed broadly to protect the free exercise of religious beliefs and moral convictions, and that they apply to and supersede any other conflicting laws.

https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb524.html