---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' Compensation Advisory Council recommendations adopted; workers' compensation provisions modified; hospital outpatient fee schedules modified; billing, payment, and dispute resolution modified; ambulatory surgical center payments defined; and covered benefits modified."
description: "Workers' Compensation Advisory Council recommendations adopted; workers' compensation provisions modified; hospital outpatient fee schedules modified; billing, payment, and dispute resolution modified; ambulatory surgical center payments defined; and covered benefits modified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HF 3873"
citation: "Minnesota HF 3873 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Councils and Commissions", "Workers Compensation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Albright"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-03-15"
last_action: "2018-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83874ca1-cf1c-4b7c-85fc-28198fc086b7"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF3873&ssn=0&y=2018"
source_hash: "31accd29b049863fd64b4d0a6628dc61f50e0a46880faf473244e2066c6a4b3f"
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 3873 (2017-2018) — Workers' Compensation Advisory Council recommendations adopted; workers' compensation provisions modified; hospital outpatient fee schedules modified; billing, payment, and dispute resolution modified; ambulatory surgical center payments defined; and covered benefits modified.

## 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=HF3873&version=1&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)
2. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3873&version=2&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)
3. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3873&version=3&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)
4. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3873&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2018&session_number=0)

## Votes

- H.F. NO. 3873 — **127–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albright — primary (person)
- Mahoney — cosponsor (person)
- Utke — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-15** Introduction and first reading, referred to Commerce and Regulatory Reform `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Government Operations and Elections Policy `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-29** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-09** Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Ways and Means `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-18** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-18** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-03** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, May 07, 2018
- **2018-05-10** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Tuesday, May 15, 2018
- **2018-05-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2018-05-15** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2018-05-15** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-05-17** Returned from Senate
- **2018-05-18** Presented to Governor 05/18/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-20** Governor approval 05/20/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-20** Secretary of State, Filed 05/20/18
- **2018-05-15** Received from House `introduction`
- **2018-05-15** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2018-05-15** Referred to Rules and Administrationfor comparison with SF3420, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-16** Comm report: Subst. for SF on General Orders SF3420
- **2018-05-16** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-17** Special Order
- **2018-05-17** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-05-18** Presentment date 05/18/18
- **2018-05-20** Governor's action Approval 05/20/18 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83874ca1-cf1c-4b7c-85fc-28198fc086b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).