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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Improving NC Rural Health."
+description: "Improving NC Rural Health."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 998"
+citation: "North Carolina HB 998 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["DENTISTRY", "DENTISTS", "DHHS", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "EDUCATION", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HOSPITALS", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "LEGISLATIVE SERVICES OFFICE", "MEDICAID", "MEDICARE", "OCCUPATIONS", "PHYSICIANS", "POVERTY", "PRESENTED", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "RURAL DEVELOPMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "STUDIES", "TEACHERS", "TITLE CHANGE", "STATE HEALTH PLAN", "CHAPTERED", "PROGRAM EVALUATION DIVISION"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Lewis", "Murphy", "White"]
+version_count: 10
+action_count: 37
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-05-23"
+last_action: "2018-06-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5e5a8cb-d250-47de-888d-6d5545a44ded"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H998&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "bb2c97cb5141eb1efca337022c42ee861aee21c64237708e76a974117cd24928"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
+---
+
+# North Carolina HB 998 (2017) — Improving NC Rural Health.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H998v0.pdf)
+2. **A1: ASH-36-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/6675/0/H998-ASH-36-V-1)
+3. **A3: ASH-40-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/6724/0/H998-ASH-40-V-2)
+4. **A5: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/6722/0/H998-A-NBC-2403)
+5. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H998v1.pdf)
+6. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H998v2.pdf)
+7. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H998v3.pdf)
+8. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H998v4.pdf)
+9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H998v5.pdf)
+10. **SL 2018-88** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H998v6.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
+- M11 Concur — **94–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Lewis — primary (person)
+- Murphy — primary (person)
+- White — primary (person)
+- B. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
+- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
+- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
+- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
+- Grange — cosponsor (person)
+- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
+- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
+- Insko — cosponsor (person)
+- John — cosponsor (person)
+- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
+- Muller — cosponsor (person)
+- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
+- Reives — cosponsor (person)
+- Yarborough — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-06-25** Ch. SL 2018-88 `became-law`
+- **2018-06-25** Signed by Gov. 6/25/2018 `executive-signature`
+- **2018-06-15** Pres. To Gov. 6/15/2018 `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-06-15** Ratified
+- **2018-06-14** Ordered Enrolled
+- **2018-06-14** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
+- **2018-06-14** Added to Calendar
+- **2018-06-14** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
+- **2018-06-14** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
+- **2018-06-14** Special Message Sent To House
+- **2018-06-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2018-06-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2018-06-14** Placed on Today's Calendar
+- **2018-06-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-13** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-13** Com Substitute Adopted
+- **2018-06-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-12** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-12** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2018-06-12** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-12** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2018-06-12** Special Message Received From House
+- **2018-06-12** Special Message Sent To Senate
+- **2018-06-11** Ordered Engrossed
+- **2018-06-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2018-06-11** Amend Adopted A5 `amendment-passage`
+- **2018-06-11** Amendment Ruled Out of Order A4
+- **2018-06-11** Amend Adopted A3 `amendment-passage`
+- **2018-06-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2018-06-07** Amend Failed A2 `amendment-failure`
+- **2018-06-07** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
+- **2018-06-06** Placed On Cal For 06/07/2018
+- **2018-06-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2018-06-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-05-24** Ref To Com On Health `referral-committee`
+- **2018-05-24** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2018-05-23** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5e5a8cb-d250-47de-888d-6d5545a44ded`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
+