{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-26-6-40","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 26-6-40","heading":"Licensure and state benefit programs available to religious child-placement agency.","body":"Any faith-based or religious child-placement agency or organization that seeks to become a child-placement agency is eligible, on the same basis as any other child-placement agency or organization, to receive a license or participate in a state benefit program. The state may not discriminate against a faith-based or religious organization on the basis, wholly or partly, of the organization's religious character or affiliation.","path":["TITLE 26. MINORS","CHAPTER 26-6. CHILDREN'S HOMES AND WELFARE AGENCIES"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/26-6-40","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:57Z","sha256":"9979937b73f9fd05a7beafa005b7654447e85f633e5388287113811224f5bcdd","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-26-6-39","next":"us-sd/sdcl-26-6-41"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}