Lawmakers debate prescribing-authority amendment and warn against unregulated AI therapy bots
The committee considered an amendment to expand psychologist prescriptive authority and require clinical-risk intake protocols; regulators and social-work groups urged tight limits and warned that AI therapy 'bots' marketed as standalone care pose unlicensed-practice and public-safety risks.
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The Senate Health and Welfare Committee on April 9 reviewed an amendment tied to H.237 and took testimony on H.816 as members debated prescriptive authority for doctoral psychologists and the role of artificial intelligence in behavioral health.
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