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Board backs creation of mental health and AI working group to study risks and best practices
3274494 · May 12, 2025
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Summary
The Board voted to support SB 579, which would create a 15-member mental health and AI working group to evaluate AI uses in mental health care and issue public reports with recommendations.
The Board of Behavioral Sciences voted to support Senate Bill 579 (Padilla), which would require the California Government Operations Agency to appoint a 15-member mental health and artificial intelligence working group by July 1, 2026, to study uses, risks and benefits of AI in mental health treatment.
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