Source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/290kk-1
Timestamp: 2017-12-15 12:20:49
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 290', '§ 290', '§ 290', '§ 582', '§ 1', '§ 144', 'art 54']

42 U.S. Code § 290kk–1 - Religious organizations as program participants | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
U.S. Code › Title 42 › Chapter 6A › Subchapter III-A › Part J › § 290kk–1
42 U.S. Code § 290kk–1 - Religious organizations as program participants
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a religious organization, on the same basis as any other nonprofit private provider—
Except as provided in this section, any religious organization that is a program participant shall retain its independence from Federal, State, and local government, including such organization’s control over the definition, development, practice, and expression of its religious beliefs.
Neither the Federal Government nor a State shall require a religious organization to—
Nothing in this section shall be construed to modify or affect the provisions of any other Federal or State law or regulation that relates to discrimination in employment. A religious organization’s exemption provided under section 2000e–1 of this title regarding employment practices shall not be affected by its participation in, or receipt of funds from, a designated program.
If an individual who is a program beneficiary or a prospective program beneficiary objects to the religious character of a program participant, within a reasonable period of time after the date of such objection such program participant shall refer such individual to, and the appropriate Federal, State, or local government that administers a designated program or is a program participant shall provide to such individual (if otherwise eligible for such services), program services that—
A program participant making a referral pursuant to paragraph (1) shall—
(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title V, § 582, as added Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(7) [title I, § 144], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A–620.)
42 CFR Part 54a - CHARITABLE CHOICE REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO STATES, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVING DISCRETIONARY FUNDING UNDER TITLE V OF THE PUBLIC...290aa, et seq., FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT SERVICES