HB 1417 — Concerning the multistate nurse licensure compact.

H-1387.1H-0515.1 SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1417 State of Washington 68th Legislature 2023 Regular Session By House Postsecondary Education & Workforce (originally sponsored by Representatives Volz, Chapman, Graham, Ryu, Schmick, Dye, Walsh, McEntire, Maycumber, Caldier, Dent, Christian, Barnard, and Eslick)Eslick READRead FIRSTfirst TIMEtime 02/17/23.01/18/23.

Referred to Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce.

1 SHBHB 1417 (e) The current system of duplicative licensure for nurses practicing in multiple states is cumbersome and redundant for both nurses and states;

2 SHBHB 1417 licensure laws that is administered by a nonprofit organization composed of and controlled by licensing boards.

3 SHBHB 1417 (15) "State" means a state, territory, or possession of the United States or the District of Columbia.

4 SHBHB 1417 examination that includes the components of reading, speaking, writing, and listening;

5 SHBHB 1417 (6) Individuals not residing in a party state shall continue to be able to apply for a party state's single-state license as provided under the laws of each party state.

6 SHBHB 1417 (b) A multistate license shall not be issued by the new home state until the nurse provides satisfactory evidence of a change in primary state of residence to the new home state and satisfies all applicable requirements to obtain a multistate license from the new home state.

7 SHBHB 1417 pay any witness fees, travel expenses, mileage, and other fees required by the service statutes of the state in which the witnesses or evidence are located;

8 SHBHB 1417 (3) All licensing boards shall promptly report to the coordinated licensure information system any adverse action, any current significant investigative information, denials of applications, the reasons for such denials, and nurse participation in alternative programs known to the licensing board regardless of whether such participation is deemed nonpublic or confidential under state law.

9 SHBHB 1417 (a) The interstate commission is an instrumentality of the party states.

10 SHBHB 1417 (iv) Negotiation of contracts for the purchase or sale of goods, services, or real estate;

11 SHBHB 1417 of such meetings by interested parties, with enumerated exceptions designed to protect the public's interest, the privacy of individuals, and proprietary information, including trade secrets.

12 SHBHB 1417 (a) To promulgate uniform rules to facilitate and coordinate implementation and administration of this compact.

13 SHBHB 1417 (m) To provide and receive information from, and to cooperate with, law enforcement agencies;

14 SHBHB 1417 (b) The interstate commission shall defend any administrator, officer, executive director, employee, or representative of the interstate commission in any civil action seeking to impose liability arising out of any actual or alleged act, error, or omission that occurred within the scope of interstate commission employment, duties, or responsibilities, or that the person against whom the claim is made had a reasonable basis for believing occurred within the scope of interstate commission employment, duties, or responsibilities;

15 SHBHB 1417 (4) The notice of proposed rule making shall include:

16 SHBHB 1417 possible, in no event later than ninety days after the effective date of the rule.

17 SHBHB 1417 (ii) Provide remedial training and specific technical assistance regarding the default.

18 SHBHB 1417 an individual mutually agreed upon by the compact administrators of all the party states involved in the dispute.

19 SHBHB 1417 (5) Nothing contained in this compact shall be construed to invalidate or prevent any nurse licensure agreement or other cooperative arrangement between a party state and a nonparty state that is made in accordance with the other provisions of this compact.

20 SHBHB 1417 (c) Receive the results of the federal bureau of investigation national criminal history background check;

NEW SECTION.

A new section is added to chapter 18.79 RCW to read as follows:

(1) Prior to practicing in Washington, an individual holding a valid multistate license issued by another state under chapter 18.--- RCW (the new chapter created in section 19 of this act) must submit documentation of the multistate license to the commission.

(2) Upon receipt of the documentation required in subsection (1) of this section, the commission shall issue a license by endorsement to the individual.

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(1) It is unlawful for a person to practice or to offer to practice as a registered nurse in this state unless that person has been licensed under this chapter or holds a valid multistate license under chapter 18.--- RCW (the new chapter created in section 1918 of this act).

A person who holds a license to practice as an advanced p.registered nurse practitioner in this state may use the titles "advanced registered nurse practitioner," "nurse practitioner," and "nurse" and the abbreviations "A.R.N.P." and "N.P." No other person may assume those titles or use those abbreviations or any other words, letters, signs, or figures to indicate that the person using them is an advanced registered nurse practitioner or nurse practitioner.

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(3)21 ItHB is1417 unlawful for a person to practice or to offer to practice as a licensed practical nurse in this state unless that person has been licensed under this chapter or holds a valid multistate license under chapter 18.--- RCW (the new chapter created in section 1918 of this act).

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p.(v) Dental hygienists licensed under chapter 18.29 RCW;

22 SHB 1417 (v) Dental hygienists licensed under chapter 18.29 RCW;

(x)p. Persons licensed as mental health counselors, mental health counselor associates, marriage and family therapists, marriage and family therapist associates, social workers, social work associates— advanced, and social work associates— independent clinical under chapter 18.225 RCW;

22 HB 1417 (x) Persons licensed as mental health counselors, mental health counselor associates, marriage and family therapists, marriage and family therapist associates, social workers, social work associates— advanced, and social work associates—independent clinical under chapter 18.225 RCW;

(xxv) Medical assistants-certified, medical assistants- hemodialysis technician, medical assistants-phlebotomist, forensic p.phlebotomist, and medical assistants-registered certified and registered under chapter 18.360 RCW;

23 SHB 1417 phlebotomist, and medical assistants-registered certified and registered under chapter 18.360 RCW;

(ii)p. The chiropractic quality assurance commission as established in chapter 18.25 RCW;