---
type: "Bill"
title: "Step therapy protocol and override for prescription drug coverage established."
description: "Step therapy protocol and override for prescription drug coverage established."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HF 3196"
citation: "Minnesota HF 3196 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Drugs and Medicine", "Health and Health Department", "Insurance-Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fenton"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-03-01"
last_action: "2018-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7cfec81b-aa87-476a-82ec-63a17e90181d"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF3196&ssn=0&y=2018"
source_hash: "d1b2eb546af8336460059214ae56fcef490f1a64c225600cd9ce58cdccb54244"
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 3196 (2017-2018) — Step therapy protocol and override for prescription drug coverage established.

## 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=HF3196&version=1&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3196&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)

## Votes

- H.F. NO. 3196 — **126–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fenton — primary (person)
- Albright — cosponsor (person)
- Flanagan — cosponsor (person)
- Halverson — cosponsor (person)
- Heintzeman — cosponsor (person)
- Jurgens — cosponsor (person)
- Kiel — cosponsor (person)
- Knoblach — cosponsor (person)
- Metsa — cosponsor (person)
- Olson — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Poston — cosponsor (person)
- Utke — cosponsor (person)
- Zerwas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-01** Introduction and first reading, referred to Commerce and Regulatory Reform `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-12** Author added Heintzeman.
- **2018-03-14** Authors added Metsa and Jurgens.
- **2018-03-15** Author added Poston.
- **2018-03-19** Author added Zerwas.
- **2018-03-21** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Health and Human Services Reform `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-21** Author added Flanagan.
- **2018-03-26** Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to State Government Finance `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-29** Author added Albright.
- **2018-04-09** Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Health and Human Services Finance `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-23** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-23** Joint rule 2.03, Deadlines, re-referred to Rules and Legislative Administration
- **2018-05-03** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-03** Joint rule 2.03 waived
- **2018-05-03** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-03** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, May 07, 2018
- **2018-05-07** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2018-05-07** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2018-05-15** Returned from Senate
- **2018-05-16** Presented to Governor 05/16/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-19** Governor approval 05/19/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-19** Secretary of State, Filed 05/19/18
- **2018-05-08** Received from House `introduction`
- **2018-05-08** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2018-05-08** Referred to Rules and Administrationfor comparison with SF2897, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-09** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF2897
- **2018-05-09** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-15** Special Order: Rule 45 amendment stricken
- **2018-05-15** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-05-16** Presentment date 05/16/18
- **2018-05-19** Governor's action Approval 05/19/18 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7cfec81b-aa87-476a-82ec-63a17e90181d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).