---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pymt. of 2012 Medicaid Costs/Inmate Med Costs."
description: "Pymt. of 2012 Medicaid Costs/Inmate Med Costs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 797"
citation: "North Carolina SB 797 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "BUDGET & MANAGEMENT OFFICE", "BUDGETING", "CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS", "DHHS", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "MEDICAID", "POVERTY", "PRESENTED", "INMATES", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "STATE CONTROLLER", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. STEVENS", "SEN. HUNT", "SEN. BRUNSTETTER", "BUDGET DIRECTOR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brunstetter", "Hunt"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2012-05-16"
last_action: "2012-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbc92dbe-d0b2-4106-8b3b-9a2e2248dd99"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S797&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "567d3218175e5fa047f77bb1104c9db9103c4368d6eef00740aecc4b82c395d9"
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 797 (2011) — Pymt. of 2012 Medicaid Costs/Inmate Med Costs.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S797v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S797v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S797v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S797v3.pdf)
5. **SL2012-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S797v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9\To Concur — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brunstetter — primary (person)
- Hunt — primary (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-05-24** Ch. SL 2012-2 `became-law`
- **2012-05-24** Signed By Gov. 5/24/2012 `executive-signature`
- **2012-05-24** Pres. To Gov. 5/24/2012 `executive-receipt`
- **2012-05-24** Ratified
- **2012-05-24** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-23** Placed On Cal For 5/24/2012
- **2012-05-23** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2012-05-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-05-23** Placed On Cal For 5/23/2012
- **2012-05-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-05-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-21** Ref To Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-05-17** Rec From Senate
- **2012-05-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-05-16** Placed On Cal For 5/16/2012
- **2012-05-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-16** Ref To Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-05-16** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bbc92dbe-d0b2-4106-8b3b-9a2e2248dd99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).