Bill > HB4190

This bill allows child placing agencies, which are organizations licensed to facilitate adoptions and foster care placements, to decline to provide services that conflict with their sincerely held religious beliefs, as outlined in their written policies or statements of faith, without facing negative actions from the state's licensing department. This protection is based on existing laws regarding adoption and child welfare, and the bill explicitly states its intent is to safeguard these agencies' religious freedom under the U.S. and Michigan constitutions, while clarifying it does not intend to restrict anyone's right to adopt or participate in foster care.