Nurse license compact passes committee

OLYMPIA — A bill allowing Washington to join the interstate Nursing Licensure Compact passed the House Committee on Postsecondary Education and Workforce Friday. “We’re prioritizing the areas where we have a lack of workers,” said Rep. Alex Ybarra (R-Quincy), the ranking member on the Postsecondary Education and Workforce Committee. Ybarra said the House has already passed interstate compacts for dentists, dental hygienists, speech-language therapists and mental health counselors this session. There is also a bill for an interstate compact for massage therapy but it has not gotten out of committee...