---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medicaid Waiver Protections/Military Families."
description: "Medicaid Waiver Protections/Military Families."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 842"
citation: "North Carolina HB 842 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "DHHS", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "MEDICAID", "PERSONNEL", "POVERTY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Avila", "G. Martin"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-04-14"
last_action: "2016-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a97359a-b70f-41b4-8a48-b3e7ff59d234"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H842&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8fbbf88889b15289d0b82742a4f714fe35c8dcc55a30bed9d3878dbbe5fb25d8"
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 842 (2015) — Medicaid Waiver Protections/Military Families.

## 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/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H842v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H842v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H842v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H842v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H842v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2016-71** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H842v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Avila — primary (person)
- G. Martin — primary (person)
- Adcock — cosponsor (person)
- B. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Brockman — cosponsor (person)
- C. Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- G. Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Holley — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Pendleton — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- R. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- R. Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Reives — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Whitmire — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-06-30** Ch. SL 2016-71 `became-law`
- **2016-06-30** Signed by Gov. 6/30/2016 `executive-signature`
- **2016-06-29** Pres. To Gov. 6/29/2016 `executive-receipt`
- **2016-06-29** Ratified
- **2016-06-28** Ordered Enrolled
- **2016-06-28** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-27** Placed On Cal For 06/28/2016
- **2016-06-27** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2016-06-27** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2016-06-27** Special Message Sent To House
- **2016-06-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-06-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-06-24** Placed On Cal For 06/27/2016
- **2016-06-24** Withdrawn From Com
- **2016-06-24** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-24** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2016-06-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-06-16** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-16** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-07-22** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-07-20** Re-ref Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-20** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-27** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-27** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-23** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-23** Added to Calendar
- **2015-04-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-21** Re-ref Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-15** Ref to the Com on Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs, if favorable, Health `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a97359a-b70f-41b4-8a48-b3e7ff59d234`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).