North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina H67: Healthcare Workforce Reforms.
Status: Signed into law, July 1, 2025
What the bill says
An act to enact healthcare workforce reforms for the state of north carolina.
From the enrolled text:
AN ACT TO ENACT HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE REFORMS FOR THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: PART I. INTERSTATE MEDICAL LICENSURE COMPACT SECTION 1.(a) Chapter 90 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new Article to read: "Article 1O. "Interstate Medical Licensure Compact. "§ 90-21.160. Short title. This Article shall be known as the "Interstate Medical Licensure Compact." "§ 90-21.161. Purpose. (a) The purpose of this Article is to strengthen access to health care, and, in recognition of the advances in the delivery of health care, the member states of the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact (Compact) have allied in common purpose to develop a comprehensive process that complements the existing licensing and regulatory authority of state medical boards and to provide a streamlined process that allows physicians to become licensed in multiple states, thereby enhancing the portability of a medical license and ensuring the safety of patients. (b) The Interstate Medical Licensure Compact creates another pathway for licensure and does not otherwise change a state's existing medical practice act or provisions. The Compact adopts the prevailing standard for licensure and affirms that the practice of medicine occurs where the patient is located at the time of the physician-patient encounter and, therefore, requires the physician to be under the jurisdiction of the state medical board …
Sponsors
- Reeder, Timothy (R, 9) · primary sponsor
- Campbell, Grant L. (R, 83) · primary sponsor
- Potts, Larry W. (R, 81) · primary sponsor
- Lambeth, Donny (R, 75) · primary sponsor
- Almond, Jonathan L. (R, 73)
- Belk, Mary (D, 88)
- Biggs, Brian (R, 70)
- Carney, Becky (D, 102)
- Cervania, Maria (D, 41)
- Chesser, Allen (R, 25)
- James Clampitt (R)
- Colvin, Mike (D, 42)
Latest actions
- : Ch. SL 2025-37
- : Signed by Gov. 7/1/2025
- : Pres. To Gov. 6/26/2025
- : Ratified
- : Ordered Enrolled
- : Concurred In S Com Sub
- : Placed On Cal For 06/24/2025
- : Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- : Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- : Special Message Sent To House
Votes
- Healthcare Workforce Reforms. M11 Concur (June 24, 2025): 109 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Healthcare Workforce Reforms. Second Reading (June 17, 2025): 46 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Interstate Medical Licensure Compact. Second Reading (April 1, 2025): 117 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: COMMUNITY COLLEGES, DATA & RECORDS SYSTEMS, COUNSELING, HOSPITALS, PHARMACISTS & PHARMACIES, EDUCATION, COMPACTS, EMPLOYMENT
Common questions
- What is H67?
- H67 is a bill in the North Carolina Legislature (2025-2026 Session): Healthcare Workforce Reforms.
- What does H67 do?
- In its own words: An act to enact healthcare workforce reforms for the state of north carolina.
- What is the status of H67?
- Signed into law as of July 1, 2025. Latest action: Ch. SL 2025-37 (July 1, 2025).
- Who sponsored H67?
- Reeder, Timothy (R, 9), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H67?
- On the North Carolina Legislature website: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H67
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