HB4988 Summary

• Ratifies and approves the Nurse Licensure Compact, enabling nurses to obtain multistate licenses that allow practice across party states under a mutual recognition framework.

• Establishes the Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators to coordinate licensure, enforcement, and information sharing among participating states.

• Permits Illinois nurses to practice in other compact states and allows nurses from other states to practice in Illinois under a multistate license, subject to each state's practice laws.

• Clarifies that the Compact does not supersede existing state labor laws and prohibits Illinois from sharing nationwide criminal history record check contents with the Interstate Commission or other states.

• Modifies nurse practice definitions to recognize multistate licenses issued by party states alongside traditional state-issued licenses for registered nurses, practical nurses, and advanced practice registered nurses.