Voluntary designation process for faith-based program -- Conditions
KRS 199.8914
in effect199.8914. Voluntary designation process for faith-based program -- Conditions
(1) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall establish a voluntary designation process through which any licensed or certified child -care provider may identify as a faith-based program.
(2) The faith-based designation shall be displayed in all public-facing child-care databases maintained or overseen by the Commonwealth. The cabinet shall work to ensure that nonprofits, organizations, and local communities in Kentucky that maintain public-facing child-care databases are aware of this designation process.
(3) Participation in the designation process shall be optional and open to all licensed and certified child-care providers.
(4) The presence or absence of a faith-based designation shall not be used by the cabinet or any other state agency to confer preferential treatment, impose limitations, or otherwise discriminate for or against any child-care provider.
Effective: April 14, 2026
History: Created 2026 Ky. Acts ch. 146, sec. 7, effective April 14, 2026.
Source: Kentucky Legislative Research Commission (legislature.ky.gov)URL: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=56904Fetched: 10/20/2026
