By: Johnson of Dallas H.B. No. 3581
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the regulation by the Texas Department of Licensing and
  Regulation of an eyelash extension application training program and
  to the practice of cosmetology by an eyelash specialist license
  holder.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter E-3, Chapter 1603, Occupations Code,
  is amended by adding Section 1603.23071 to read as follows:
         Sec. 1603.23071.  METHODS OF INSTRUCTION IN EYELASH
  EXTENSION APPLICATION. (a) This section applies to the curriculum
  content for an eyelash extension application training program for a
  license under Section 1603.2103(a)(8) and approved by the
  department under Section 1603.2307.
         (b)  A school offering an eyelash extension application
  training program shall determine:
               (1)  the number of hours to be designated as the theory
  portion, which may be provided through distance education; and
               (2)  the number of hours to be designated as the
  practical portion, which must be provided through in-person
  instruction.
         SECTION 2.  Section 1603.0011(c), Occupations Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  In addition to the services described by Subsection (a),
  the practice of cosmetology includes:
               (1)  performing or offering to perform for compensation
  the service of applying semipermanent, thread-like extensions
  composed of single fibers to a person's eyelashes; and
               (2)  altering the shape or color of a person's eyelashes
  using a cosmetic preparation or appliance.
         SECTION 3.  Section 1603.2103(a), Occupations Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A person holding:
               (1)  a Class A barber license may perform any barbering
  service;
               (2)  a cosmetology operator license may perform any
  cosmetology service;
               (3)  a manicurist license may perform any service
  described by Section 1603.0011(a)(7) or (8);
               (4)  an esthetician license may perform any service
  described by Section 1603.0011(a)(3), (4), (5), or (6) or (c);
               (5)  a manicurist/esthetician license may perform any
  service described by Section 1603.0011(a)(3), (4), (5), (6), (7),
  or (8) or (c);
               (6)  a hair weaving specialist license may perform any
  service described by Section 1603.0011(a)(9);
               (7)  a hair weaving specialist/esthetician license may
  perform any service described by Section 1603.0011(a)(3), (4), (5),
  (6), or (9) or (c); and
               (8)  an eyelash [extension] specialist license may
  perform any service described by Section 1603.0011(c).
         SECTION 4.  Section 1603.2203(a), Occupations Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  An establishment licensed as:
               (1)  an establishment may provide any barbering or
  cosmetology service;
               (2)  a manicurist specialty establishment may provide
  any service described by Section 1603.0011(a)(7) or (8);
               (3)  an esthetician specialty establishment may
  provide any service described by Section 1603.0011(a)(3), (4), (5),
  or (6) or (c);
               (4)  a manicurist/esthetician specialty establishment
  may provide any service described by Section 1603.0011(a)(3), (4),
  (5), (6), (7), or (8) or (c);
               (5)  a hair weaving specialty establishment may provide
  any service described by Section 1603.0011(a)(9);
               (6)  an eyelash [extension] specialty establishment
  may provide any service described by Section 1603.0011(c);
               (7)  a mini-establishment may provide any barbering or
  cosmetology service; and
               (8)  a mobile establishment may provide any barbering
  or cosmetology service.
         SECTION 5.  Not later than December 31, 2023, the Texas
  Commission of Licensing and Regulation shall adopt rules to
  implement Section 1603.23071, Occupations Code, as added by this
  Act.
         SECTION 6.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
  the curriculum content requirements for a student who registers for
  an eyelash extension application training program on or after
  January 1, 2024.
         SECTION 7.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.