---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibit Co-pay Waiver/Medicaid Providers."
description: "Prohibit Co-pay Waiver/Medicaid Providers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 137"
citation: "North Carolina SB 137 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "DHHS", "FRAUD", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "MEDICAID", "POVERTY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "HEALTH CHOICE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-26"
last_action: "2013-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e615bd41-28a8-4ba8-b01b-3f42d4d564f8"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S137&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "20682d421713045123ef0f1fc1248f774ff4613a4e6e16bd75e6dec850a8f35f"
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 137 (2013) — Prohibit Co-pay Waiver/Medicaid Providers.

## 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/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S137v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S137v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S137v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S137v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S137v4.pdf)
6. **SL2013-145** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S137v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **112–2** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **46–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-19** Ch. SL 2013-145 `became-law`
- **2013-06-19** Signed by Gov. 6/19/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-12** Pres. To Gov. 06/12/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-06-11** Ratified
- **2013-06-10** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-10** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-06** Placed On Cal For 06/10/2013
- **2013-06-06** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2013-06-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-04** Placed On Cal For 06/05/2013
- **2013-06-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-06-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-30** Ref To Com On Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-30** Rec From Senate
- **2013-04-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-24** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-04-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-27** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e615bd41-28a8-4ba8-b01b-3f42d4d564f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).