---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medicaid and Behavioral Health Modifications."
description: "Medicaid and Behavioral Health Modifications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 403"
citation: "North Carolina HB 403 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AMBULANCES", "BOARDS", "COMMISSIONS", "COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "DHHS", "EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "EMPLOYMENT", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HOSPITALS", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MANAGED CARE", "MEDICAID", "MENTAL HEALTH", "PERSONNEL", "POVERTY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "SESSION LAWS", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "LMES", "HUMAN RESOURCES COMN."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dobson", "Dollar", "Lambeth"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 50
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-16"
last_action: "2018-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/281cf3f4-5050-4ea1-bc75-c686ef7f7501"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H403&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "eb998d478b5a619b2a695ccc73d2d740e200afbed1ab39287cce6aee8f7a9a67"
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 403 (2017) — Medicaid and Behavioral Health Modifications.

## 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/H403v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H403v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H403v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H403v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H403v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H403v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2018-48** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H403v6.pdf)

## Votes

- C RPT Adoption — **105–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dobson — primary (person)
- Dollar — primary (person)
- Lambeth — primary (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-22** Ch. SL 2018-48 `became-law`
- **2018-06-22** Signed by Gov. 6/22/2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-15** Pres. To Gov. 6/15/2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-15** Ratified
- **2018-06-15** Ordered Enrolled
- **2018-06-15** Conf Report Adopted
- **2018-06-15** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2018-06-15** Withdrawn From Com
- **2018-06-14** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-14** Conf Com Reported
- **2018-06-14** Conf Report Adopted
- **2018-06-14** Added to Calendar
- **2018-06-14** Conf Com Reported
- **2017-06-29** Conf Com Appointed
- **2017-06-29** Conf Com Appointed
- **2017-06-29** Failed Concur In S Com Sub
- **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 Com Sub
- **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** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2017-06-28** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2017-06-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-27** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-27** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-06-26** Placed On Cal For 06/27/2017
- **2017-06-26** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-06-22** Placed On Cal For 06/26/2017
- **2017-06-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-15** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-15** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2017-06-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-13** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-13** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-10** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-10** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-04-06** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-04-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-05** Placed On Cal For 04/06/2017
- **2017-04-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-04-05** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-03-29** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-20** Ref to the Com on Health Care Reform, if favorable, Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-16** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/281cf3f4-5050-4ea1-bc75-c686ef7f7501`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).