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House Behavioral Health panel advances bill requiring AI companion platforms to adopt suicide-response protocols
Summary
A House committee voted to adopt amendments to Senate Bill 15 46, which would require AI companion platforms to implement protocols for users reporting suicidal or self-harm ideation (with extra provisions for minors), and sent the amended bill to the floor with a due-pass recommendation.
The House Committee on Behavioral Health on Feb. 26 voted to adopt amendments to Senate Bill 15 46 and sent the amended bill to the full House with a due-pass recommendation.
Brian, speaking to the committee during the work session, summarized the measure as creating “new requirements for operators of artificial intelligence companion platforms to be put in place for users who experience suicidal or self-harm ideation, with some additional requirements for minors,” and called the group’s attention to the dash-3…
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