---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prescription eye drop refills health insurance plan coverage requirement"
description: "Prescription eye drop refills health insurance plan coverage requirement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SF 997"
citation: "Minnesota SF 997 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Drugs and Medicine", "Health and Health Department", "Insurance-Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Housley"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-15"
last_action: "2017-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a255622d-f1b0-4e51-be7c-1b4e7d0ffab1"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF0997&ssn=0&y=2017"
source_hash: "2dff08a3d481517e100e1e0b5e41abcef80e0b604b226d34362df948f2b86587"
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-mn"]
---

# Minnesota SF 997 (2017-2018) — Prescription eye drop refills health insurance plan coverage requirement

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **1st Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF997&version=1&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF997&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)

## Votes

- S.F. NO. 997 — **112–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Housley — primary (person)
- Abeler — cosponsor (person)
- Albright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-15** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2017-02-15** Referred to Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-09** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-09** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-27** Special Order
- **2017-04-27** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2017-05-11** Returned from House
- **2017-05-11** Presentment date 05/11/17
- **2017-05-15** Governor's action Approval 05/12/17 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-01** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2017-05-01** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF1203
- **2017-05-04** Bills identical, SF substituted on General Register
- **2017-05-04** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-08** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Wednesday, May 10, 2017.
- **2017-05-10** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2017-05-10** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2017-05-11** Presented to Governor 5/11/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-12** Governor approval 05/12/17 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-12** Secretary of State, Filed 05/12/17

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a255622d-f1b0-4e51-be7c-1b4e7d0ffab1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).