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Senate committee reviews bill establishing neurological rights and directing AI council to study health-sector uses
Summary
Legislative counsel summarized H.814, which recognizes neurological rights and tasks the state AI advisory council with reviewing AI use in health, education and public finance, proposing definitions and reporting back to the General Assembly by Jan. 15; lawmakers raised questions about definitions and council membership.
The Senate Health & Welfare Committee reviewed H.814 on April 1, a bill that recognizes neurological rights and asks the state's AI advisory council to study the ethical use of artificial intelligence in health and human services.
"It is the intent of the general assembly to protect human rights, promote equity, increase efficiency, and enhance accessibility, create transparency, and guarantee accountability in health care and human services through the ethical and responsible use of artificial intelligence technology," legislative counsel Jen Harvey said as she read the bill's intent section.
Harvey told the committee the bill inserts a new chapter in Title 18 to recognize individual rights including neural data privacy, freedom of thought, nondiscrimination in the development of neurotechnologies, protection from unauthorized access to or manipulation of brain activity, and safeguards against…
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