---
type: "Bill"
title: "Managed Care Patient Assistance."
description: "Managed Care Patient Assistance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 744"
citation: "North Carolina HB 744 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "CONSUMER PROTECTION", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE DEPT.", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "MANAGED CARE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. HACKNEY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-26"
last_action: "2003-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3724bb3-ac34-47b0-ae1e-11149a62e95f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H744&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "505454cc5bad99cb42b3a617e9c3b915c3afd7f4618e486a4e4e691fd685dd85"
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 744 (2003) — Managed Care Patient Assistance.

## 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/H744v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H744v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H744v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2003-105** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H744v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Harrell — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)
- Womble — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-02** Ch. SL 2003-105 `became-law`
- **2003-06-02** Signed By Gov. 5/31/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-05-27** Pres. To Gov. 5/23/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-05-22** Ratified
- **2003-05-21** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-05-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-22** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-22** Rec From House
- **2003-04-21** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-14** Placed On Cal For 4/15/2003
- **2003-04-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-27** Ref To Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3724bb3-ac34-47b0-ae1e-11149a62e95f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).