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Committee reviews how other states are limiting AI therapy and flags oversight concerns
Summary
BSRB staff summarized recent AI-related laws in Illinois, Nevada and Utah that restrict AI-only therapy and require human oversight; committee members supported limiting autonomous AI therapeutic interactions but raised questions about oversight workload and how to define clinician review.
The advisory committee examined recently enacted state measures aimed at restricting autonomous AI-driven therapy and discussed implications for Kansas clinicians.
Executive Director David Fye summarized three recent efforts: Illinois House Bill 1806, described in staff materials as the Wellness and Oversight for Psychological Resources Act, which prohibits AI systems from independently performing or advertising therapy without licensed-provider oversight; Nevada Assembly…
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