North Carolina Faith-Based Service Provider Fair Access Act

Status: HopperState: North CarolinaIssue: Religious Freedom

Summary

This bill would bar North Carolina governments from denying or limiting grants, contracts, licenses, certifications, or public-program participation solely because a qualified nonprofit is religious or faith-based. Religious providers would still have to follow the same health, safety, licensing, financial accountability, and applicable state and federal service rules as everyone else.

Full text

A bill to provide that no state agency, county, municipality, or other local governmental entity in North Carolina shall deny, reduce, or condition a grant, contract, license, certification, or other form of participation in a public program solely because an otherwise qualified nonprofit organization or service provider is religious, faith-based, or maintains a religious character, provided that such organization complies with all generally applicable health, safety, licensing, and financial accountability requirements of the program and delivers services to eligible beneficiaries in accordance with state and federal law.

Sponsor

Eddie JenkinsRepublican Party

Cosponsors

Brett StephensRepublican Party

Debate

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