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Committee hears bills to allow temporary permits so barbers and cosmetologists can give free haircuts to veterans
Summary
House bills 43,94 and 43,95 would create a $20 one-year temporary permit for licensed barbers and cosmetologists to provide free haircuts at veteran service organizations. Sponsors said the permit would increase access for frail or homebound veterans and formalize volunteer services already offered in some communities.
The Michigan House Regulatory Reform Committee heard a bipartisan package—House Bills 43,94 and 43,95—that would create a temporary, one-year $20 permit allowing licensed barbers and cosmetologists to provide haircuts at veteran service organizations.
Representative Whitworth, joined by Representative Regas, introduced the bills and said they would amend the Occupational Code (Public Act 299 of 1980) and the State License Fee Act (Public Act 152 of 1979) by adding the temporary permit. "Any interested and already licensed cosmetologist or barber in Michigan can apply for this temporary one-year $20 permit ... that would allow them to…
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