---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medicaid Hardship/Estate Recovery/Data Share."
description: "Medicaid Hardship/Estate Recovery/Data Share."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 1537"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1537 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMIN. PROCEDURE OVERSIGHT COMM.", "ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "DHHS", "DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "DRUG TESTING", "DWI", "ESTATES", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "LABORATORIES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MEDICAID", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "POVERTY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RULES OBJECTION FILED", "SENTENCING", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "TESTING", "TITLE CHANGE", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. ROSS", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-04-17"
last_action: "2007-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3482a9df-81a8-4654-8864-26d9aa34b533"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H1537&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f6b26b93b10a686354ef7299557fe24c1b70a03ded1b54211a8f1edc2a215170"
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 1537 (2007) — Medicaid Hardship/Estate Recovery/Data Share.

## 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/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1537v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1537v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1537v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1537v3.pdf)
5. **SL2007-442** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1537v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- C Rpt Adopt — **109–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ross — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-23** Ch. SL 2007-442 `became-law`
- **2007-08-23** Signed By Gov. 8/23/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-02** Pres. To Gov. 8/3/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-02** Ratified
- **2007-08-02** Conf Report Adopted
- **2007-08-02** Placed On Cal For 8/2/2007
- **2007-08-02** Conf Com Reported
- **2007-08-02** Conf Report Adopted
- **2007-08-02** Placed On Cal For 8/2/2007
- **2007-08-02** Conf Com Reported
- **2007-07-30** Conf Com Appointed
- **2007-07-28** Conf Com Appointed
- **2007-07-28** Failed concur in S/Com Sub
- **2007-07-28** Placed On Cal For 7/28/2007
- **2007-07-28** Reptd Unfav For Conc `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2007-07-27** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-27** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2007-07-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-26** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-07-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-15** Ref To Com On Judiciary I (Civil) `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-15** Rec From House
- **2007-05-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-08** Placed On Cal For 5/9/2007
- **2007-05-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-05-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-18** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3482a9df-81a8-4654-8864-26d9aa34b533`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).