26RS HB 641

House Bill 641

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Last Action	02/13/26: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to mental health chatbots.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Bill Request Number	1037
Sponsor	V. Grossl
Summary of Original Version	Create new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to protect consumers using mental health chatbots; define terms; establish prohibitions and exceptions for how suppliers are to handle individually identifiable health information; prohibit supplier from advertising a specific product or service unless that product or service is clearly and conspicuously disclosed; require supplier to clearly and conspicuously disclose that the mental health chatbot is artificial intelligence and provide when this disclosure should appear; provide an affirmative defense to liability and list requirements to achieve that defense; grant enforcement authority to the Attorney General; include severability provision; provide that the Act may be cited as the Artificial Intelligence in Mental Health Act.
Index Headings of Original Version	Occupations And Professions - Therapy and psychotherapy, artificial intelligence, mental health chatbot Public Protection - Therapy or psychotherapy, artificial intelligence, mental health chatbot Short Titles And Popular Names - Artificial Intelligence in Mental Health Act Technology - Therapy and psychotherapy, artificial intelligence, mental health chatbot Trade Practices And Retailing - Therapy or psychotherapy, artificial intelligence, mental health chatbot Advertising - Therapy and psychotherapy, artificial intelligence, mental health chatbot, restrictions Attorney General - Artificial intelligence, mental health chatbot, enforcement Boards And Commissions - Therapy and psychotherapy, licensed mental health therapist, artificial intelligence Consumer Protection - Therapy or psychotherapy, artificial intelligence, mental health chatbot Data Protection - Artificial intelligence, mental health chatbot Health And Medical Services - Therapy and psychotherapy, artificial intelligence, mental health chatbot Health Care Professionals - Therapy and psychotherapy, artificial intelligence, mental health chatbot Licensing - Licensed mental health therapist, mental health chatbot, artificial intelligence Mental Health - Therapy or psychotherapy, artficial intelligence, mental health chatbot