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AI in therapy on the committee—s radar: staff present state examples, members raise safeguards concerns
Summary
Staff briefed the advisory committee on other states— approaches to AI in behavioral health (Illinois, Nevada, Utah); members raised concerns about insurer use of AI, disclosures, privacy and a cited court case involving AI-produced therapy interactions and patient harm; the committee asked staff to continue collecting materials and partner with stakeholders.
The advisory committee continued its multimeeting discussion of artificial intelligence in behavioral health by reviewing examples of state policy and guidance and raising several operational and safety concerns.
Executive Director David Fye presented a packet that included Illinois’s House Bill 1806, which "bans AI only therapy" and requires clinician oversight of therapeutic AI, Nevada’s AB 406 that forbids AI systems from providing behavioral-health care or claiming they can do so…
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