The bill, titled "Health Impact, Cost, and Coverage Analysis Program," aims to establish a new program under Chapter 38 of the Insurance Code, specifically adding Subchapter J. This program will be managed by the Center for Health Care Data at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and is designed to analyze legislative documents that impose new mandates on health benefit plan issuers or administrators. The program will assess the potential impacts of such legislation on health coverage costs, administrative expenses, and the overall use of health care services in Texas.

To fund the program, the bill authorizes the comptroller to assess an annual fee on health benefit plan issuers, excluding those operating solely as Medicaid managed care organizations. The fee will be adjusted biennially to account for implementation costs and any deficits incurred. The bill also outlines the process for requesting analyses of proposed legislation, the timeline for report delivery, and the confidentiality of data collected from health benefit plan issuers. The program is expected to be operational by January 1, 2026, with rules adopted by the comptroller by the same date.

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