---
type: "Bill"
title: "Physical agent modalities, electrical stimulation, and ultrasound device use orders by licensed health care professionals permitted."
description: "Physical agent modalities, electrical stimulation, and ultrasound device use orders by licensed health care professionals permitted."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2013-2014"
identifier: "HF 215"
citation: "Minnesota HF 215 (2013-2014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health and Health Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ward, J.A."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2013-01-31"
last_action: "2013-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f753522-ce88-4153-8449-ad298ca9ec04"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0215&ssn=0&y=2013"
source_hash: "6b8cf539ccdfd53041aaec2618e32f6531b570457421636e65b6e414393b7adb"
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 HF 215 (2013-2014) — Physical agent modalities, electrical stimulation, and ultrasound device use orders by licensed health care professionals permitted.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF215&version=0&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Ward, J.A. — primary (person)
- Abeler — cosponsor (person)
- Carlson — cosponsor (person)
- Moran — cosponsor (person)
- Norton — cosponsor (person)
- Zerwas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-31** Introduction and first reading, referred to Health and Human Services Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2013-03-04** Committee report, to pass
- **2013-03-04** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-02** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, May 6, 2013
- **2013-05-06** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2013-05-06** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2013-05-17** Returned from Senate
- **2013-05-21** Presented to Governor 05/21/13 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-07** Received from House `introduction`
- **2013-05-07** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2013-05-07** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF330, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-08** Comm report: Subst. for SF on General Orders SF330
- **2013-05-08** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-17** Special Order
- **2013-05-17** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2013-05-21** Presentment date 05/21/13
- **2013-05-24** Governor's action Approval 05/24/13 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-24** Secretary of State Chapter 98 05/24/13
- **2013-08-01** Effective date 08/01/13

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f753522-ce88-4153-8449-ad298ca9ec04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).