Mental health and artificial intelligence working group.
CA SB579: Establishes a working group on AI and mental health, adding Section 12817 to the Government Code. Appointment process and repeal conditions to be confirmed.
A bill for an act relating to chatbots, including deployer requirements and interactions with minors.(Formerly HSB 647.)
HF2715 mandates chatbot deployers to verify user age and obtain parental consent for minors, with penalties for non-compliance.
AN ACT relating to artificial intelligence and declaring an emergency.
HB455 restricts AI use by licensed professionals in recorded sessions, mandates confidentiality of records, and prohibits unlicensed therapy advertising, taking effect immediately.
Making it unlawful for a person to knowingly train artificial intelligence to encourage or support suicide or the unlawful killing of another person, provide emotional support, develop emotional relationships, act as a healthcare professional, simulate humans or encourage isolation.
This bill makes it unlawful to knowingly train AI to support suicide, unlawful killing, provide emotional support, develop emotional relationships, encourage isolation, simulate humans, or act as a healthcare professional.
Central Valley School Safety Coordination Pilot Program.
SB1181 establishes a pilot program to improve school safety communication, without explicitly targeting absenteeism and mental health.
Artificial intelligence; requiring informed consent for use by licensed mental health professional or health care provider; authorizing and prohibiting certain uses. Emergency.
This bill mandates informed consent for AI use by licensed mental health professionals and health care providers, detailing specific authorized and prohibited uses, with an emergency designation.
Consumer Protection - Companion Chatbots - Regulation
The bill mandates operators of companion chatbots to publish specific user protocols, limit data collection, and establish complaint systems, with enhanced measures for minors, including parental consent and age verification.
Creates additional safety features for AI companion technology that include addressing suicidal ideation, potential physical harm or financial harm to others expressed by a user. It also requires notification the AI companion does not have human emotions.
The Rhode Island bill mandates safety features for AI companions, addressing user expressions of suicidal ideation and harm, and clarifies that AI lacks human emotions.
Artificial intelligence; age verification systems required for chatbots, safeguard protocols required, therapy chatbot requirements established, private right of action and enforcement provided for
HB324 mandates age verification and safeguards for AI chatbots, including therapy bots. Details are speculative, based on the title, not confirmed.
Artifical intelligence; prohibit use of in professional mental and behavioral health care.
This bill prohibits the use of artificial intelligence in professional mental and behavioral health care in Mississippi, with exceptions for administrative tasks and informed consent requirements.
Artificial intelligence; prohibit use in provision of professional mental and behaioral health care.
The bill prohibits AI in mental health care, allowing it for administrative tasks with explicit consent for recorded sessions.
Companion chatbots: crisis interruption pauses.
The bill's proposals for companion chatbots and crisis intervention are speculative without the full text.
Prohibits advertising artificial intelligence system as licensed mental health professional.
This bill prohibits advertising AI systems as licensed mental health professionals in New Jersey, pending verification of specific details from the full bill text.
Providing for the use of artificial intelligence in mental health therapy and for enforcement.
HB1993 addresses AI in mental health therapy in Pennsylvania, but specific provisions are unclear due to the absence of the full bill text.
Companion chatbots.
SB243 mandates operators of companion chatbots to disclose AI interactions and report on user safety measures.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to criminal offenses.
This bill creates the offense of coercive suicide, targeting AI systems that encourage individuals to commit suicide. The analysis is limited due to the absence of the full bill text.
Prohibits advertising artificial intelligence system as licensed mental health professional.
This bill prohibits advertising AI systems as licensed mental health professionals in New Jersey.
A bill for an act relating to the requirements for chatbot deployers, including required protocols, limitations on data collection, and requirements for minors to interact with artificial intelligence companions and therapeutic chatbots, and providing civil penalties, punitive penalties, and civil…
HF 2204 establishes requirements for chatbot deployers, including data collection limits and protocols for interactions with minors, allowing minors to recover damages for non-compliance.
Use of artificial intelligence in psychotherapy services regulated, and civil penalties provided.
HF3893 aims to regulate AI use in psychotherapy services in Minnesota, but without the bill text, no specific claims about its content can be made.
Creates additional safety features for AI companion technology that include addressing suicidal ideation, potential physical harm or financial harm to others expressed by a user. It also requires notification the AI companion does not have human emotions.
The Rhode Island bill mandates safety features for AI companions, addressing suicidal ideation and harm to others, and clarifies that AI lacks human emotions. It is part of the 'COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE COMPANION MODELS'.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to criminal offenses.
This bill creates the offense of coercive suicide, focusing on AI systems that encourage individuals to commit suicide, based on the official description.
Companion chatbots: crisis interruption pauses.
The bill aims to establish requirements for companion chatbots in California to address user crises, focusing on user safety and encouraging human intervention.
AI Regulation in the Mental Health Industry
State legislatures across the United States are actively developing artificial intelligence regulations that directly affect Mental Health companies and practitioners. These laws address a wide range of concerns including algorithmic discrimination, automated decision-making, data privacy, consumer transparency, and the use of high-risk AI systems that can materially affect individuals' lives. As of 2026, 13 states have introduced or enacted legislation with direct implications for Mental Health.
Compliance requirements vary significantly by state, making it essential for Mental Health legal and compliance teams to track both enacted laws and pending bills. Key obligations may include conducting algorithmic impact assessments, providing consumer disclosures when AI is used in consequential decisions, implementing risk management programs, and ensuring human-in-the-loop oversight for high-stakes outcomes. Penalties for non-compliance can be substantial — see our Penalty Tracker for details by state.
To assess your organization's specific compliance obligations under current and upcoming Mental Health AI regulations, use our Am I Affected? tool. For upcoming enforcement dates, visit the Deadlines page or the Deadline Calendar. Use the Bill Comparator to analyze differences between state laws side-by-side.