---
type: "Bill"
title: "Children's hospitals contingent alternative medical assistance (MA) payment method authorization"
description: "Children's hospitals contingent alternative medical assistance (MA) payment method authorization"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SF 1616"
citation: "Minnesota SF 1616 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children and Families", "Health and Health Department", "Hospitals and Health Care Facilities", "Human Services and Human Services Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lourey"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-03-01"
last_action: "2017-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db1e8066-a6ac-4464-8761-202a76a44cbe"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF1616&ssn=0&y=2017"
source_hash: "1fadab94893741315d882d819a656f59810b2387f2566da4e84dda24f3aeb3b8"
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 1616 (2017-2018) — Children's hospitals contingent alternative medical assistance (MA) payment method authorization

## 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=SF1616&version=1&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF1616&version=0&session=ls90&session_year=2017&session_number=0)

## Votes

- S.F. NO. 1616 — **130–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lourey — primary (person)
- Abeler — cosponsor (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Benson — cosponsor (person)
- Flanagan — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Hayden — cosponsor (person)
- Liebling — cosponsor (person)
- Lohmer — cosponsor (person)
- McDonald — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, E. — cosponsor (person)
- Schomacker — cosponsor (person)
- Zerwas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-01** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2017-03-01** Referred to Health and Human Services Finance and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06** Authors added Abeler; Hayden
- **2017-03-15** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-15** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-06** Special Order
- **2017-04-06** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2017-05-08** Returned from House
- **2017-05-08** Presentment date 05/08/17
- **2017-05-15** Governor's action Approval 05/11/17 `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-18** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2017-04-18** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF1619
- **2017-04-20** Bills identical, SF substituted on General Register
- **2017-04-20** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-04** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, May 04, 2017
- **2017-05-04** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2017-05-04** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2017-05-08** Presented to Governor 05/08/17 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-11** Governor approval 05/11/17 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-11** Secretary of State, Filed 05/11/17

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db1e8066-a6ac-4464-8761-202a76a44cbe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).