Bill > HB2100

This bill, known as the Protecting Patients Act, establishes comprehensive regulations for mental health chatbots and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in Pennsylvania, focusing on protecting user privacy and ensuring responsible use in mental health contexts. The bill defines key terms like "mental health chatbot" as an AI technology that can engage in interactive conversations simulating therapy, and sets strict guidelines for their use. Suppliers of mental health chatbots are prohibited from selling or sharing users' individually identifiable health information or user inputs to third parties, with limited exceptions for healthcare providers or health plans with user consent. The bill mandates that mental health chatbots must clearly disclose their AI nature to users before interaction and cannot be used to deliver actual therapy services, which must remain the exclusive domain of licensed mental health therapists. Additionally, the legislation restricts chatbots from making therapeutic decisions, generating treatment plans without professional review, or directly interacting therapeutically with clients. Advertisements within chatbots must be clearly identified, and users' input cannot be used for targeting or customizing ads. Mental health therapists are only permitted to use AI for administrative tasks like scheduling and billing, and all patient communications remain confidential. Violations of the act will be subject to penalties under the Professional Psychologists Practice Act, and the law will take effect 60 days after passage, with the caveat that it applies only to the extent not preempted by federal law.

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https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/2025/hb2100