Relating to fiscal impact statements for legislation imposing mandates on health benefit plan issuers.

HB 5402 requires the Texas Legislative Budget Board to prepare fiscal impact statements for bills that mandate health benefit plan issuers (like insurance companies) to provide new benefits, increase payments to healthcare providers, or implement new administrative requirements. The statements must estimate how such mandates would affect insurers' costs and premiums or other costs paid by enrollees. This requirement applies only to bills filed on or after September 1, 2025, and the fiscal statement must be attached to the bill alongside existing fiscal notes. The bill itself does not change health coverage but adds a procedural step to assess financial impacts before such legislation is enacted.