AB-011: Bill 11: Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2025 (No. 2)

This bill most directly affects physicians and dentists practicing in Alberta, whether they run a solo family medicine clinic, a specialty practice, or work within a larger medical group. Doctors and dentists will need to formally elect their new participation status — participating, flexibly participating, or non-participating — and those who see some patients privately must follow new disclosure and consent requirements before billing those patients out-of-pocket. Employers of any size who sponsor drug benefit plans for their Alberta employees are also touched, as the bill prohibits age-based termination or reduction of those benefits. Hospitals, approved health facilities, and their operators face updated rules around insured hospital services, patient charges, record-keeping, and grants, with new compliance obligations tied to the restructured Provincial Health Agencies Act framework.