---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pub. Health Info. Access/HIPAA Clarification."
description: "Pub. Health Info. Access/HIPAA Clarification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 353"
citation: "North Carolina HB 353 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DHHS", "HEALTH SERVICES", "MEDICAL RECORDS", "PRESENTED", "PRIVACY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RATIFIED", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TITLE CHANGE", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "STATE HEALTH DIRECTOR", "REP. GLAZIER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Glazier"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-22"
last_action: "2007-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5e51f80-98aa-4afc-9a46-7fcfabd52793"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H353&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "7fc5e1782fa8a29fe92f2740e9b5746253d1ec350eedd909a04326fb8453d25b"
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 353 (2007) — Pub. Health Info. Access/HIPAA Clarification.

## 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/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H353v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H353v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H353v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H353v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H353v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H353v5.pdf)
7. **SL2007-115** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H353v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Glazier — primary (person)
- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- England — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-06-27** Ch. SL 2007-115 `became-law`
- **2007-06-27** Signed By Gov. 6/27/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-06-21** Pres. To Gov. 6/21/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-06-21** Ratified
- **2007-06-20** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-19** Placed On Cal For 6/20/2007
- **2007-06-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-06-19** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-13** Ref To Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-13** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2007-06-11** Engrossed
- **2007-06-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-06-11** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-07** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-06-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-17** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-17** Rec From House
- **2007-04-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-04-12** Placed On Cal For 4/16/2007
- **2007-04-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-04-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-06** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-02-26** Ref to the Com on Health and, if favorable, to the Com on Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-22** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d5e51f80-98aa-4afc-9a46-7fcfabd52793`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).