---
type: "Bill"
title: "DHHS/Tracking Outpatient Commitments.-AB"
description: "DHHS/Tracking Outpatient Commitments.-AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 1189"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1189 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HOSPITALS", "MENTAL HEALTH", "NOTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PHYSICIANS", "PRESENTED", "PSYCHOLOGY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECURITY SERVICES", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. EARLE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Earle", "Insko", "M. Alexander"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-04-07"
last_action: "2009-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f96e5429-1bbf-4517-a312-e3abcbc8734c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H1189&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "47215d99b2e6fc8efb2287d84c27593dc2ab4c1e3695fc4393dd5bb7bacb969b"
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 1189 (2009) — DHHS/Tracking Outpatient Commitments.-AB

## 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/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1189v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1189v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1189v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1189v3.pdf)
5. **SL2009-315** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1189v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Earle — primary (person)
- Insko — primary (person)
- M. Alexander — primary (person)
- Brisson — cosponsor (person)
- England — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-17** Ch. SL 2009-315 `became-law`
- **2009-07-17** Signed By Gov. 7/17/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-10** Pres. To Gov. 7/10/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-09** Ratified
- **2009-07-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-24** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-20** Ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** Rec From House
- **2009-05-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-12** Placed On Cal For 5/13/2009
- **2009-05-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-06** Re-ref Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-08** Ref to the Com on Mental Health Reform, if favorable, Health `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-07** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f96e5429-1bbf-4517-a312-e3abcbc8734c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).