The bill aims to enhance transparency in healthcare by prohibiting contractual provisions that prevent healthcare providers and pharmacists from disclosing information about the cost and availability of treatments or drugs to patients. Specifically, it bars health insurers and other contracting entities from taking adverse actions against healthcare providers for sharing such information. The bill defines key terms, including "health care provider," "health insurer," and "other contracting entity," and outlines the types of information that providers can share with patients, such as estimated costs, alternative treatments, and comparative effectiveness of drugs.

Additionally, the bill declares any contractual provisions that restrict healthcare providers from sharing this information as unenforceable in Alabama courts. The new legal language inserted into the bill emphasizes the rights of healthcare providers to communicate openly with patients, while the deletion of restrictive clauses from existing contracts is intended to foster a more informed patient population. The act is set to take effect on October 1, 2025.