---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Information Exchange Deadline Extension and Patient Protection."
description: "Health Information Exchange Deadline Extension and Patient Protection."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 395"
citation: "North Carolina HB 395 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CHAPTERED", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "DATA & RECORDS SYSTEMS", "DHHS", "HEALTH", "HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE AUTHORITY", "HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE BOARD", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HIE NETWORK", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPT.", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "LABORATORIES", "MEDICAL RECORDS", "OCCUPATIONS", "PHARMACEUTICALS", "PHARMACISTS & PHARMACIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "RECORDS", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "STATE HEALTH PLAN", "STATE TREASURER", "TEACHERS", "TITLE CHANGE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Baker", "Potts", "Sasser"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-24"
last_action: "2021-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b054c4f9-9263-438b-b24d-105d332d9f97"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H395"
source_hash: "2ddedd8082bcf94bb8a7df578f5bc3b47452cf2e5c9c3d27d78ef5d81cfb6b59"
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 395 (2021) — Health Information Exchange Deadline Extension and Patient Protection.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H395v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASH-43-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/51911/0/H395-ASH-43-V-1)
3. **A2: ASH-40-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/51912/0/H395-ASH-40-V-3)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H395v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H395v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H395v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H395v4.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H395v5.pdf)
9. **SL 2021-26** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H395v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- K. Baker — primary (person)
- Potts — primary (person)
- Sasser — primary (person)
- Adcock — cosponsor (person)
- Belk — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Logan — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-27** Ch. SL 2021-26 `became-law`
- **2021-05-27** Signed by Gov. 5/27/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-27** Pres. To Gov. 5/27/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-27** Ratified
- **2021-05-26** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-05-26** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-25** Placed On Cal For 05/26/2021
- **2021-05-25** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2021-05-24** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2021-05-24** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2021-05-20** Engrossed
- **2021-05-20** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-20** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-20** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-18** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-05-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-17** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-17** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-05-06** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-05-06** Regular Message Received From House
- **2021-05-06** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-05-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-04** Placed On Cal For 05/05/2021
- **2021-05-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-05-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-04** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b054c4f9-9263-438b-b24d-105d332d9f97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).