SB 780 North Carolina Senate · 2025-2026 Session

Modernize Medicaid Primary Care Rates.

This bill proposes raising Medicaid reimbursement rates for primary care providers in North Carolina to match the rates paid by Medicare. To fund these increases, the state would allocate $48 million from its General Fund starting in the 2026-2027 fiscal year. The changes would take effect on July 1, 2026, and would apply to primary care services as defined by a specific state task force report.

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2026

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Apr 21, 2026 Last action Apr 23, 2026

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Filed → Edition 1 · 3 edits

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The bill text was updated to reflect its official filing status, changing the document identifier from a draft code to the final session number. The referral information was added to show the bill was sent to the Senate Rules and Operations committee on April 22, 2026, replacing a blank line. These are administrative updates tracking the bill's legislative progress rather than changes to the actual policy.

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Added the committee referral date and name (Rules and Operations of the Senate) to track the bill's procedural status.

Removed the blank line under the 'Referred to' section.

Updated the document identifier from a draft code (DRS35348-NLa-129) to the final session version (S780-v-1).

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Committee

Apr 23, 2026

Committee

Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget

upper

Apr 22, 2026

Committee

Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

upper

Apr 21, 2026

Introduced

Filed

upper

2 primary · 15 co-sponsors