1. (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. (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. (3) Participation in the designation process shall be optional and open to all licensed and certified child-care providers.
4. (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.