Sec. 4. Research on health concerns impacting professional nail, hair, and beauty salon workers

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Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 280 et seq. ), as amended by section 3, is further amended by adding at the end the following: The Secretary shall— conduct, or award grants for, research, including community-based participatory research, relating to epidemiological, clinical, ecological, and social scientific investigations into— the chemicals that are linked to adverse health effects and most commonly found in cosmetics used by professional nail, hair, and beauty salon workers; the types and categories of professional salon products containing such chemicals and the availability of safer alternatives; the specific adverse health effects experienced by professional nail, hair, and beauty salon workers from exposure to unsafe chemicals present in cosmetics used in nail, hair, and beauty salons; and interventions that reduce exposure to, or harm done by exposure to, unsafe chemicals present in cosmetics used in nail, hair, and beauty salons; and disseminate the results of the investigations conducted or supported under paragraph

(1)to help professional nail, hair, and beauty salon workers identify and eliminate potentially unsafe chemical exposures in their workplace. To be eligible to receive a grant under subsection (a), an entity shall be any of the following: An accredited institution of higher education. A community-based organization. A nongovernmental organization with expertise working with communities of color or immigrant populations. Not later than 5 years after awarding the first grant under this section, the Secretary shall make publicly available and submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report on the results of the investigations conducted or supported under subsection (a), including— summary findings, with respect to professional nail, hair, and beauty salon workers, on— chemicals of concern and products and product categories containing ingredients linked to adverse health effects; and the demographics of the populations using these products and product categories; and recommended occupational health information strategies for professional nail, hair, and beauty salon workers to reduce potentially unsafe exposures to cosmetics. In this section, the term salon worker means a licensed or nonlicensed cosmetologist, nail technician, barber, or esthetician who applies or administers a cosmetic within the scope of their business practices. To carry out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $7,500,000, for the period of fiscal years beginning with the fiscal year including the date of enactment of this section and running through the fifth fiscal year commencing after such date of enactment. .

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