---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend MH Confidentiality Statutes."
description: "Amend MH Confidentiality Statutes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 826"
citation: "North Carolina HB 826 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CLINICS", "CONFIDENTIALITY", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HOSPITALS", "MEDICAL RECORDS", "MENTAL HEALTH", "PRESENTED", "PRIVACY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "REP. INSKO", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-31"
last_action: "2003-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39334f02-1f49-4399-9949-67313933c8c9"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H826&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3d88f0dcbd37cc387d222156f5bed0729d75f7c1d0a805f2073c21e69e4adb80"
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 826 (2003) — Amend MH Confidentiality Statutes.

## 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/H826v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H826v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H826v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H826v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-313** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H826v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **111–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Insko — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-14** Ch. SL 2003-313 `became-law`
- **2003-07-14** Signed By Gov. 7/10/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-30** Pres. To Gov. 6/30/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-06-30** Ratified
- **2003-06-29** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-25** Placed On Cal For 6/26/2003
- **2003-06-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-19** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2003-06-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-06-12** Placed On Cal For 6/17/2003
- **2003-06-12** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-06-10** Placed On Cal For 6/12/2003
- **2003-06-10** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-06-09** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-06-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-29** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-29** Rec From House
- **2003-04-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-24** Placed On Cal For 4/28/2003
- **2003-04-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-09** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-01** Ref to the Com on Health and, if favorable, to the Com on Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-31** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39334f02-1f49-4399-9949-67313933c8c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).