---
type: "Bill"
title: "DHHS Recommend Telemedicine Policy."
description: "DHHS Recommend Telemedicine Policy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 283"
citation: "North Carolina HB 283 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DHHS", "EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "INTERNET", "MENTAL HEALTH", "PRESENTED", "PSYCHOLOGY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "STUDIES", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "TELEMEDICINE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Insko", "Lambeth", "Murphy"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-08"
last_action: "2017-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f34c0ad1-2a61-4850-826c-0471b3df87a9"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H283&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "db537f5781a371f21800e6e41982965cd64a0d4feaab82695b8cb29c2cbaedb0"
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 283 (2017) — DHHS Recommend Telemedicine Policy.

## 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/H283v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ABC-26-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/5130/0/H283-ABC-26-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H283v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H283v2.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H283v3.pdf)
6. **SL 2017-133** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H283v4.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur Sen. Amd. 1 — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Insko — primary (person)
- Lambeth — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Ager — cosponsor (person)
- B. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Belk — cosponsor (person)
- Boswell — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Dobson — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- G. Adcock — cosponsor (person)
- Hanes — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)
- Terry — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-07-20** Ch. SL 2017-133 `became-law`
- **2017-07-20** Signed by Gov. 7/20/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-29** Pres. To Gov. 6/29/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-29** Ratified
- **2017-06-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-29** Concurred In S Amend SA1 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-28** Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017
- **2017-06-28** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2017-06-28** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Amend
- **2017-06-28** Special Message Sent To House
- **2017-06-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-28** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-24** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-16** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-16** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-11** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-11** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-04-11** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-04-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-06** Placed On Cal For 04/10/2017
- **2017-04-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-04-06** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-05** Re-ref Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-09** Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-08** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f34c0ad1-2a61-4850-826c-0471b3df87a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).