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Minutes for HB2408 - Committee on Public Health and Welfare
Short Title
Exempting certain services provided in an adult care homes from the provisions of the acts regulating cosmetologists and barbers.
Minutes Content for Tue, Mar 14, 2023
Jenna Moyer, Staff Revisor gave an overview of the bill.
Lacey Hunter gave proponent testimony for HB2408. She stated that HB2408 would settle long-standing differing of interpretation and interplay between statutes and regulations between the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services and the Kansas Board of Cosmetology. The proposed change reduces government regulations by clarifying the beauty and barber shop area of adult care homes, long term care homes, and long term care units of hospitals which would be exempt from the Statutes of the Board of Cosmetology and the Board of Barbering. (Attachment 3)
Rachel Monger testified in support of HB2408. She asked the committee to vote yes for the bill and to clarify once and for all that adult care homes are not required to have licensed salons in their buildings. (Attachment 4)
Questions were asked by committee members.
Proponent, written only testimony was submitted by:
Tara Mays, Kansas Hospital Association (Attachment 5)
Chairperson Gossage closed the hearing on HB2408.
