---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medical assistance (MA) claims against estates provisions modifications"
description: "Medical assistance (MA) claims against estates provisions modifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SF 216"
citation: "Minnesota SF 216 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Death", "Funerals", "and Cemeteries", "Insurance-Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jensen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-19"
last_action: "2017-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c926c3d-da67-4b7d-ad88-25d63ab04de4"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF0216&ssn=0&y=2017"
source_hash: "651e93d2c95ad520a038f130128cdc17309c06138ce2c4f0fb3ea9c14d729455"
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 216 (2017-2018) — Medical assistance (MA) claims against estates provisions modifications

## 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=SF216&version=1&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF216&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)

## Votes

- S.F. NO. 216 — **129–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jensen — primary (person)
- Backer — cosponsor (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Benson — cosponsor (person)
- Dettmer — cosponsor (person)
- Ecklund — cosponsor (person)
- Erickson — cosponsor (person)
- Fabian — cosponsor (person)
- Frentz — cosponsor (person)
- Heintzeman — cosponsor (person)
- Hertaus — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, B. — cosponsor (person)
- Lohmer — cosponsor (person)
- Lourey — cosponsor (person)
- Lueck — cosponsor (person)
- Marty — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, E. — cosponsor (person)
- Pierson — cosponsor (person)
- Poston — cosponsor (person)
- Rarick — cosponsor (person)
- Swedzinski — cosponsor (person)
- Theis — cosponsor (person)
- Vogel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-19** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2017-01-19** Referred to Health and Human Services Finance and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-26** Author added Marty
- **2017-02-09** Author added Frentz
- **2017-03-08** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-08** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-31** Author added Benson
- **2017-04-27** Chief author stricken, shown as co-author Lourey
- **2017-04-27** Chief author added Jensen
- **2017-05-01** Special Order
- **2017-05-01** 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`
- **2017-05-04** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2017-05-04** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF629
- **2017-05-08** Bills identical, SF substituted on General Register
- **2017-05-08** 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/5c926c3d-da67-4b7d-ad88-25d63ab04de4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).