HB 1061 Summary: Nurse Licensure Compact

• Establishes the Nurse Licensure Compact allowing registered nurses and licensed practical nurses to hold multistate licenses permitting practice across participating states without separate licensure in each state.

• Creates the Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators to oversee compact implementation, establish uniform rules, and coordinate information sharing among party states through a centralized licensure database.

• Requires criminal background checks for all multistate license applicants and establishes eligibility criteria including education, examination passage, valid Social Security number, and absence of certain felony or nursing-related misdemeanor convictions.

• Authorizes party states to take adverse actions against multistate licensure privileges and requires notification to the home state licensing board; allows alternative treatment programs in lieu of disciplinary action.

• Takes effect December 31, 2018, or upon adoption by 26 states, whichever occurs first.