---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental Health Licensure Fair Practice Standards."
description: "Mental Health Licensure Fair Practice Standards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 344"
citation: "North Carolina HB 344 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "BUDGETING", "CHAPTERED", "CHILD CARE COMN.", "CLINICS", "COMMISSIONS", "DAY CARE", "DHHS", "EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION", "EDUCATION", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HOSPITALS", "INSPECTIONS", "INVESTIGATIONS", "KINDERGARTEN", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MENTAL HEALTH", "MINORS", "NEWBORNS & INFANTS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SESSION LAWS", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TEACHERS", "TITLE CHANGE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clemmons", "Lambeth", "Willis"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 35
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-09"
last_action: "2023-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa502fe2-1407-4200-b166-5756211a49a0"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H344"
source_hash: "92c97f798163c8232f8e9538795a00c16dfde8760af6a7267b83a7bda5c7be81"
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 344 (2023) — Mental Health Licensure Fair Practice Standards.

## 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/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H344v0.pdf)
2. **A1: Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/6141/0/H344-A-NBC-10858)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H344v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H344v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H344v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H344v4.pdf)
7. **SL 2023-80** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H344v5.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Clemmons — primary (person)
- Lambeth — primary (person)
- Willis — primary (person)
- Ager — cosponsor (person)
- Autry — cosponsor (person)
- Ball — cosponsor (person)
- Brockman — cosponsor (person)
- Buansi — cosponsor (person)
- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- F. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- G. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffers — cosponsor (person)
- Loftis — cosponsor (person)
- Lofton — cosponsor (person)
- Logan — cosponsor (person)
- Longest — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Morey — cosponsor (person)
- Moss — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Roberson — cosponsor (person)
- Rudow — cosponsor (person)
- Sossamon — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)
- von Haefen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-07-07** Ch. SL 2023-80 `became-law`
- **2023-07-07** Signed by Gov. 7/7/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-28** Ratified
- **2023-06-27** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-06-27** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-22** Placed On Cal For 06/27/2023
- **2023-06-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-06-15** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-14** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2023-06-14** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2023-06-13** Engrossed
- **2023-06-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-06-13** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-01** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2023-06-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-23** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-23** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-04-05** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-05** Regular Message Received From House
- **2023-04-05** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-04-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-04** Added to Calendar
- **2023-04-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-04-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13** Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fa502fe2-1407-4200-b166-5756211a49a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).