Utah Code 63G-20-203.5. Child-placing agencies
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63G-20-203.5. Child-placing agencies.
(1) | As used in this section, “consortium” means a statewide consortium of child-placing agencies described in Subsection 62A-2-108.6(8). |
(a) | a state government entity, agency, or instrumentality; or |
(b) | a local government entity, agency, or instrumentality. See Utah Code 63G-20-102 | ||||||
(2) | Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a state or local government, a state or local government official, or another accrediting, certifying, or licensing body, including the Office of Licensing within the Department of Health and Human Services, may not:
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(4) | The fact that a consortium-member child-placing agency cannot, consistent with the child-placing agency’s religious teaching, practices, or sincerely held beliefs, or consistent with the good faith wishes of the birth mother as to the optimal placement of the child, perform, assist, counsel, recommend, consent to, facilitate, or participate in a child placement with a qualified prospective adoptive parent, may not form the basis for:
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Enacted by Chapter 466, 2023 General Session