---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increase Transparency of MH/DD/SA Facilities."
description: "Increase Transparency of MH/DD/SA Facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 799"
citation: "North Carolina SB 799 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEATH & DYING", "DHHS", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HOSPITALS", "MENTAL HEALTH", "NOTIFICATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RATIFIED", "SEN. RAND", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-24"
last_action: "2009-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0417536-1cb5-4ea1-9af8-3b913532c82c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S799&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3644fb9a4191cca2552b1b25022db98d4bfadcd3de3b9e44fe625f364a0908d8"
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 SB 799 (2009) — Increase Transparency of MH/DD/SA Facilities.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S799v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S799v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S799v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S799v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S799v4.pdf)
6. **SL2009-299** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S799v5.pdf)

## Votes

- C Rpt Adopt — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rand — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-17** Ch. SL 2009-299 `became-law`
- **2009-07-17** Signed By Gov. 7/17/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-08** Pres. To Gov. 7/8/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-07** Ratified
- **2009-07-01** Conf Report Adopted
- **2009-06-30** Conf Report Adopted
- **2009-06-30** Placed On Cal For 6/30/2009
- **2009-06-30** Conf Com Reported
- **2009-06-30** Placed On Cal For 7/1/2009
- **2009-06-30** Conf Com Reported
- **2009-06-25** Conf Com Appointed
- **2009-06-24** Conf Com Appointed
- **2009-06-18** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2009-06-17** Placed On Cal For 6/18/2009
- **2009-06-17** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-06-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-12** Placed On Cal For 6/16/2009
- **2009-06-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-06-11** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-01** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-16** Ref to the Com on Mental Health Reform, if favorable, Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-04-09** Placed On Cal For 4/14/2009
- **2009-04-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-25** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0417536-1cb5-4ea1-9af8-3b913532c82c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).