---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hospitals/LTC Quality Assurance."
description: "Hospitals/LTC Quality Assurance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 669"
citation: "North Carolina HB 669 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMITTEES", "CONFIDENTIALITY", "CONSUMER PROTECTION", "DEFINITIONS", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HOSPITALS", "MEDICAL RECORDS", "PRESENTED", "PRIVACY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "REP. WRIGHT", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-25"
last_action: "2004-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63d3ced7-1d10-4a06-a561-f479bd618743"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H669&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "06c0f7c0f42934495492afa536bc2b6a49482c6ed01de79a858d9c4a9525c98b"
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 669 (2003) — Hospitals/LTC Quality Assurance.

## 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/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H669v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H669v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H669v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H669v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H669v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2004-149** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H669v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2004-08-02** Ch. SL 2004-149 `became-law`
- **2004-08-02** Signed By Gov. 8/2/2004 `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-17** Pres. To Gov. 7/16/2004 `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-16** Ratified
- **2004-07-15** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2004-07-15** Placed On Cal For 7/15/2004
- **2004-07-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-07-15** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2004-07-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-07-14** Placed On Cal For 7/14/2004
- **2004-07-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2004-07-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-23** Ref To Com On Health & Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-23** Rec From House
- **2003-04-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-15** Placed On Cal For 4/16/2003
- **2003-04-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-26** Ref To Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/63d3ced7-1d10-4a06-a561-f479bd618743`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).