---
type: "Bill"
title: "Occup. Therapy/Choice of Provider."
description: "Occup. Therapy/Choice of Provider."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 208"
citation: "North Carolina HB 208 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMPLOYMENT", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blackwell", "Murphy", "Setzer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-28"
last_action: "2017-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3db36d1d-11d6-4a42-bb10-aef530b075fc"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H208&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "49f608373550982664e121fd9337cd1c3ef80eebc3ae82fc1309d47713ba7fcb"
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 208 (2017) — Occup. Therapy/Choice of Provider.

## 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/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H208v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H208v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H208v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2017-24** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H208v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **115–3** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blackwell — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Setzer — primary (person)
- Ager — cosponsor (person)
- Belk — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Corbin — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- G. Adcock — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Holley — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- John — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Reives — cosponsor (person)
- Terry — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-02** Ch. SL 2017-24 `became-law`
- **2017-06-02** Signed by Gov. 6/2/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-25** Pres. To Gov. 5/25/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-24** Ratified
- **2017-05-23** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-05-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-18** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-17** Re-ref Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-16** Re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-16** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-03-30** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-30** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-03-30** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-03-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-28** Placed On Cal For 03/29/2017
- **2017-03-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-03-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** Ref To Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3db36d1d-11d6-4a42-bb10-aef530b075fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).