---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cancer Drug Coverage Changes."
description: "Cancer Drug Coverage Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 896"
citation: "North Carolina HB 896 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CANCER", "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "DISEASES", "FISCAL NOTES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "PHARMACEUTICALS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "REP. T. HARRELL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["England", "Harrell"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-30"
last_action: "2009-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9dd8cf60-b950-42df-a2ff-b021b372e6be"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H896&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "de17de500a4fda8949a4629e21f6a4c60820e2f80177280a75e54944b76e99f7"
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 896 (2009) — Cancer Drug Coverage Changes.

## 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/H896v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H896v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H896v2.pdf)
4. **SL2009-170** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H896v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- England — primary (person)
- Harrell — primary (person)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- K. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Whilden — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-26** Ch. SL 2009-170 `became-law`
- **2009-06-26** Signed By Gov. 6/26/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-06-17** Pres. To Gov. 6/17/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-06-16** Ratified
- **2009-06-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-04** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-04** Rec From House
- **2009-04-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-04-29** Placed On Cal For 4/30/2009
- **2009-04-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-04-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-16** Re-ref Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-31** Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-31** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-30** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9dd8cf60-b950-42df-a2ff-b021b372e6be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).