---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provider Credentials/Insurer/Provider Contrac."
description: "Provider Credentials/Insurer/Provider Contrac."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 1297"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1297 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CLINICS", "EMPLOYMENT", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HOSPITALS", "INSPECTIONS", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "REP. STEWART"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stewart"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-04-08"
last_action: "2009-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63706e76-3ecc-46e6-b9e3-f7f4eec60664"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H1297&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "74a0141b9b1da91700a195718ac5c7135e07076451d9f726205dddaff984ca21"
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 1297 (2009) — Provider Credentials/Insurer/Provider Contrac.

## 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/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1297v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ALB-133-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/989/0/H1297-ALB-133-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1297v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1297v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1297v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1297v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1297v5.pdf)
8. **SL2009-487** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1297v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stewart — primary (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-26** Ch. SL 2009-487 `became-law`
- **2009-08-26** Signed By Gov. 8/26/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-05** Pres. To Gov. 8/5/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-05** Ratified
- **2009-08-04** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-08-03** Placed On Cal For 8/4/2009
- **2009-08-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-08-03** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2009-07-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-30** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-29** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-07-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-20** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** Rec From House
- **2009-05-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-12** Placed On Cal For 5/13/2009
- **2009-05-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-11** Re-ref Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-09** Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-08** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/63706e76-3ecc-46e6-b9e3-f7f4eec60664`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).