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Committee hears testimony in favor of joining Nurse Licensure Compact to ease staffing shortages
Summary
Supporters said adopting the Nurse Licensure Compact would let Michigan nurses practice across compact states without duplicative licensing and help address workforce shortages; hospice and health employers urged passage while unions and some groups submitted cards opposing or not opposing the bill without speaking.
The Michigan House Rules Committee heard testimony on House Bill 4246, a measure to adopt the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) that would allow nurses licensed in Michigan to practice in other compact states without obtaining separate state licenses.
Representative Phil Green presented the bill and described personal and workforce reasons for supporting the compact, saying Michigan would join the 42 other states and jurisdictions that recognize a multistate nursing license. "This would take what is happening in 42 other states and allow it to…
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