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    Senate Bill 518 proposes to: 1) Protect the right of students in counseling, social work, or psychology programs to refuse to counsel or serve clients regarding goals that conflict with their sincerely held religious beliefs or moral convictions, as long as they refer the client to another counselor. 2) Prohibit public or private colleges from disciplining or discriminating against students who exercise this right of conscience. 3) Allow individuals to bring civil lawsuits within 90 days of an alleged violation, seeking injunctive relief or damages including attorney fees, in the circuit court of the county where the violation occurred, where the complainant resides, or where the educational institution is located.

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    Senate Bill 518 proposes to: 1) Protect the right of students in counseling, social work, or psychology programs to refuse to counsel or serve clients regarding goals that conflict with their sincerely held religious beliefs or moral convictions, as long as they refer the client to another counselor. 2) Prohibit public or private colleges from disciplining or discriminating against students who exercise this right of conscience. 3) Allow individuals to bring civil lawsuits within 90 days of an alleged violation, seeking injunctive relief or damages including attorney fees, in the circuit court of the county where the violation occurred, where the complainant resides, or where the educational institution is located.

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    2011 SIB 0518 - Religiousprotections

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    Senate Bill 518 proposes to: 1) Protect the right of students in counseling, social work, or psychology programs to refuse to counsel or serve clients regarding goals that conflict with their sincerely held religious beliefs or moral convictions, as long as they refer the client to another counselor. 2) Prohibit public or private colleges from disciplining or discriminating against students who exercise this right of conscience. 3) Allow individuals to bring civil lawsuits within 90 days of an alleged violation, seeking injunctive relief or damages including attorney fees, in the circuit court of the county where the violation occurred, where the complainant resides, or where the educational institution is located.

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    SENATE BILL No.

    518

    SENATE BILL No. 518


    June 23, 2011, Introduced by Senators HUNTER and JANSEN and referred to the Committee on Education.

    A bill to protect the right of a student to assert conscientious objection to providing certain counseling or other services; to prohibit certain actions by institutions of higher education; and to provide remedies. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT: 1 2 Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Julea Ward freedom of conscience act". Sec. 3. A public or private degree or certificate granting college, university, junior college, or community college of this state shall not discipline or discriminate against a student in a counseling, social work, or psychology program because the student refuses to counsel or serve a client as to goals that conflict with a sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction of the student, if the student refers the client to a counselor who will

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    2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 provide the counseling or services. Sec. 5. (1) A person who alleges a violation of this act may bring a civil action for appropriate injunctive relief, or actual damages, or both within 90 days after the occurrence of the alleged violation of this act. (2) An action commenced under subsection (1) may be brought in the circuit court for the county where the alleged violation occurred, the county where the complainant resides, or the county where the educational institution is located. (3) As used in this section, "damages" means compensation for injury or loss caused by each violation of this act, including reasonable attorney fees.

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