---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medicaid Reimburse. for Ocular Prosthetists."
description: "Medicaid Reimburse. for Ocular Prosthetists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 2037"
citation: "North Carolina HB 2037 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISABLED PERSONS", "FISCAL NOTES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "MEDICAID", "OPTOMETRY", "POVERTY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. STILLER", "REP. GOODWIN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-05-16"
last_action: "2006-08-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/740907d1-c7ed-4076-bd13-15e438c85107"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H2037&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a531c6ac49db2b83b04901bbcacedc33aa1287cca678d8e73a6d22a14f41158f"
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 2037 (2005) — Medicaid Reimburse. for Ocular Prosthetists.

## 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/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2037v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2037v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2037v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2037v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2037v4.pdf)
6. **SL2006-198** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2037v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Stiller — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-08-03** Ch. SL 2006-198 `became-law`
- **2006-08-03** Signed By Gov. 8/3/2006 `executive-signature`
- **2006-07-20** Pres. To Gov. 7/20/2006 `executive-receipt`
- **2006-07-20** Ratified
- **2006-07-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-07-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-07-12** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2006-07-12** Rec From House
- **2006-07-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-07-11** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2006-07-10** Placed On Cal For 7/11/2006
- **2006-07-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-07-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-05-24** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2006-05-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-05-17** Ref To Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2006-05-16** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/740907d1-c7ed-4076-bd13-15e438c85107`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).