---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Health Plan/Additional Changes."
description: "State Health Plan/Additional Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 578"
citation: "North Carolina HB 578 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONTRACTS", "CORPORATIONS", "NONPROFIT", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE DEPT.", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "MEMBERSHIP", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "STATE TREASURER", "TEACHERS", "TITLE CHANGE", "STATE HEALTH PLAN", "STATE HEALTH PLAN BOARD", "REP. BARNHART", "REP. DOCKHAM", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "INSURANCE COMMISSIONER", "REP. MURRY", "NGOS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dockham", "Murry"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-31"
last_action: "2011-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23526578-8982-40ff-bc96-7c47a6ac5155"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H578&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f4487a7a855b24bf0d055181ed9e741b15dbb52c0f32cba6d39d9635ec97e827"
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 578 (2011) — State Health Plan/Additional 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/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H578v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H578v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H578v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H578v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H578v4.pdf)
6. **SL2011-96** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H578v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **90–24** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **33–16** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dockham — primary (person)
- Murry — primary (person)
- Barnhart — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-05-26** Ch. SL 2011-96 `became-law`
- **2011-05-26** Signed By Gov. 5/26/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-05-19** Pres. To Gov. 5/19/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-05-19** Ratified
- **2011-05-19** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-18** Placed On Cal For 5/19/2011
- **2011-05-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-05-18** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2011-05-18** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-05-18** Amend 1 Not Germane
- **2011-05-18** Placed On Cal For 5/18/2011
- **2011-05-18** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-05-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-02** Ref To Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-29** Rec From House
- **2011-04-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-04-27** Placed On Cal For 4/28/2011
- **2011-04-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-04-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-04** Ref To Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-31** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23526578-8982-40ff-bc96-7c47a6ac5155`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).