---
type: "Bill"
title: "COVID-19; medical assistance reimbursement rate increased for administration of vaccine."
description: "COVID-19; medical assistance reimbursement rate increased for administration of vaccine."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HF 1438"
citation: "Minnesota HF 1438 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COVID-19", "Drugs and Medicine", "Insurance-Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Liebling"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-22"
last_action: "2021-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9e75bf9-5d77-44c0-869a-7cb9df84a198"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF1438&ssn=0&y=2021"
source_hash: "644a263bec744fe58a6406e8a9f3be4b555dc85db988ccdaba5963acea74c023"
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 1438 (2021-2022) — COVID-19; medical assistance reimbursement rate increased for administration of vaccine.

## 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=HF1438&version=1&session=ls92&session_year=2021&session_number=0)
2. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1438&version=2&session=ls92&session_year=2021&session_number=0)
3. **3rd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1438&version=3&session=ls92&session_year=2021&session_number=0)
4. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF1438&version=0&session=ls92&session_year=2021&session_number=0)

## Sponsors

- Liebling — primary (person)
- Benson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-22** Introduction and first reading, referred to Health Finance and Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Ways and Means `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-10** Committee report, to adopt as amended `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-10** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-17** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, March 18, 2021
- **2021-03-18** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-18** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2021-03-18** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-03-25** Returned from Senate
- **2021-03-25** Presented to Governor 03/25/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-26** Governor approval 03/26/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-26** Secretary of State, Filed 03/26/2021
- **2021-03-22** Received from House `introduction`
- **2021-03-22** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2021-03-22** Referred to Rules and Administration for comparison with SF1156, now on General Orders `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Comm report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders SF1156
- **2021-03-24** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-25** Special Order: Rule 45 amendment stricken
- **2021-03-25** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-25** Presentment date 03/25/2021
- **2021-03-26** Governor's action Approval 03/26/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-26** Secretary of State Chapter 8 03/26/2021
- **2021-04-01** Effective date 04/01/21

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9e75bf9-5d77-44c0-869a-7cb9df84a198`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).