Bill > AB489

This bill aims to regulate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in healthcare by preventing these technologies from falsely representing themselves as licensed healthcare professionals. The bill defines AI and GenAI using existing government code definitions and considers a healthcare profession to be any profession subject to licensure or regulation under the Business and Professions Code. It prohibits AI or GenAI systems from using terms, letters, or phrases that suggest they are providing healthcare advice, care, reports, or assessments from a licensed healthcare professional when they are not. The bill makes each unauthorized use of such terms a separate violation and places enforcement under the jurisdiction of the appropriate healthcare professional licensing board, which can pursue injunctions or other legal remedies. Any entity developing or deploying AI or GenAI technology that uses misleading professional terms can be held accountable under existing laws that prevent individuals from falsely claiming professional healthcare credentials. The bill does not require state reimbursement since it primarily creates new enforcement mechanisms for existing regulations. By targeting potential deceptive practices in AI healthcare technologies, the bill seeks to protect patients from misrepresentation and maintain the integrity of professional healthcare licensing.

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https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB489