---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Plan Provider Contracts/Transparency."
description: "Health Plan Provider Contracts/Transparency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 877"
citation: "North Carolina SB 877 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACTUARIAL NOTES", "CONTRACTS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE DEPT.", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. CLODFELTER", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "INSURANCE COMMISSIONER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-25"
last_action: "2009-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44f33f70-7464-4ab2-9c23-3a2a88fb8696"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S877&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b0f8fee7112c9d168b1edf8992f41fadbb0aac418874f7b443a138a0863a06c9"
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 877 (2009) — Health Plan Provider Contracts/Transparency.

## 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/S877v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASQ-73-V-8** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/2197/0/S877-ASQ-73-V-8)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S877v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S877v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S877v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S877v4.pdf)
7. **SL2009-352** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S877v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- A2 Sutton\Second Reading — **16–102** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-27** Ch. SL 2009-352 `became-law`
- **2009-07-27** Signed By Gov. 7/27/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-17** Pres. To Gov. 7/17/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-16** Ratified
- **2009-07-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-15** Amend Failed 2 `amendment-failure`
- **2009-07-15** Amend Failed 1 `amendment-failure`
- **2009-07-14** Placed On Cal For 7/15/2009
- **2009-07-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-17** Re-ref Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-18** Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-05-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-13** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-05-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-04** Re-ref Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-04** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-03-26** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44f33f70-7464-4ab2-9c23-3a2a88fb8696`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).