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Division of the Budget
Landon State Office Building                                                                         Phone: (785) 296-2436
900 SW Jackson Street, Room 504                                                                     adam.c.proffitt@ks.gov
Topeka, KS 66612                               Division of the Budget                              http://budget.kansas.gov
Adam C. Proffitt, Director                                                                        Laura Kelly, Governor

                                                  February 13, 2024


          The Honorable Brenda Landwehr, Chairperson
          House Committee on Health and Human Services
          300 SW 10th Avenue, Room 112-N
          Topeka, Kansas 66612
          Dear Representative Landwehr:
                    SUBJECT:      Fiscal Note for HB 2540 by Representative Wasinger
                  In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning HB 2540 is
          respectfully submitted to your committee.
                 HB 2540 would exempt the practice of hair removal by sugaring from the definition of
          cosmetology. “Sugaring” would be defined as a method of temporary hair removal from the body
          by use of a paste made from sugar, lemon and water, or its equivalent, to pull hair from follicles.
                 The Department of Health and Environment would be required to add sugaring to its
          brochure on infection control techniques. The brochure would also contain a self-test with
          questions on the information contained in the brochure. An individual engaged in sugaring would
          be exempt from the practice of cosmetology and would complete the self-test available at location
          the where the individual is braiding hair or threading.
                  The Board of Cosmetology indicates HB 2540 would not have a fiscal effect because the
          agency knows of only one individual that has approached the Board to practice sugaring. The
          Department of Health and Environment indicates it would use existing epidemiology staff to fully
          understand different methods of sugaring, to evaluate the opportunities for infectious diseases to
          be transmitted during the sugaring services, and to research and recommend appropriate infection
          control measures in consultation with staff from the Board of Cosmetology. In addition, costs
          associated with updating the brochure would be handled within the Department’s existing
          resources. Any fiscal effect associated with HB 2540 is not reflected in The FY 2025 Governor’s
          Budget Report.

                                                               Sincerely,

                                                               Adam C. Proffitt
                                                               Director of the Budget
          cc: Amy Penrod, KDHE
              Benjamin Foster, Cosmetology
Statutes affected: 
As introduced: 65-1901, 65-1928