Bill Title: Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Ratifies and adopts the Nurse Licensure Compact. Allows for reciprocity of licensure of licensed practical nurses and registered nurses among the states. Provides for administration of the Compact by the Nursing Act Coordinator. Provides that the licensing board shall participate in a Compact Evaluation Initiative designed to evaluate the effectiveness and operability of the Compact. Provides that the Compact does not relieve employers from complying with statutorily imposed obligations. Provides that the Compact does not supersede existing State labor laws. Makes changes relating to the purposes of the Compact. Provides that any practical nurse or registered nurse exercising the practice privilege afforded under the Nurse Licensure Compact who provides direct patient care in Illinois shall be registered with the eNotify Nurses Database system which can be assessed at no cost by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Provides that the Department may revoke or limit the multistate licensure privilege of any practical nurse or registered nurse to practice in Illinois necessary to protect the health and safety of the public. Further provides that a practical nurse or registered nurse shall be denied the privilege to practice by the Department if he or she has been convicted of certain criminal offenses or has been required to register under the Sex Offender Registration Act. Provides that each practical nurse or registered nurse licensed by a party state under the Nurse Licensure Compact that is applying for the privilege to practice in this State shall have his or her fingerprints submitted to the Department of State Police for the purposes of a criminal history records check.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB3513 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Pamela Althoff [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-032	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator John Sullivan [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-047	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator David Luechtefeld [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-058	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Christine Radogno [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-041	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Mike Jacobs [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-036	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Michael Hastings [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-019	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Michael Connelly [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-021	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Iris Martinez [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-020	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Darin LaHood [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-037	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Patricia Van Pelt [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-005	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Sandra Pihos [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-048	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative David Leitch [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-073	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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