AI health law map
state and federal laws on AI in health careState and federal laws, rules and bills on artificial intelligence in health care, each with what it changes in practice for a physician and a link to its own text. Every state has been reviewed; the most recent review was Sept 29, 2026.
Shaded by the number of laws and rules enacted or in force.
Federal law and policy: 34 entries on devices and FDA oversight, clinical decision and chatbot limits, payer and utilization review AI, payment for AI, data and privacy and government-wide AI policy.
States on the map: Alabama (2), Alaska (1), Arizona (1), Arkansas (1), California (19), Colorado (13), Connecticut (7), Delaware (2), Florida (1), Georgia (2), Hawaii (2), Idaho (1), Illinois (9), Indiana (2), Iowa (4), Kentucky (2), Louisiana (2), Maine (2), Maryland (3), Massachusetts (4), Michigan (3), Minnesota (1), Mississippi (1), Montana (3), Nebraska (4), Nevada (3), New Hampshire (2), New Jersey (5), New Mexico (1), New York (5), North Carolina (1), Ohio (1), Oklahoma (2), Oregon (5), Pennsylvania (4), Rhode Island (5), Tennessee (2), Texas (7), Utah (8), Vermont (3), Virginia (9), Washington (6), West Virginia (1), Wisconsin (1).
Reviewed, none found: Kansas, Missouri, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Wyoming.
Taking effect in the next 90 days
- Oct 1, 2026SB 63, Health care plans; to regulate the use of artificial intelligence in determinations of coverageAlabama · Payer and utilization review AI · Enacted
- Oct 1, 2026SB 4, Public Act 26-64, An Act Concerning Consumer Privacy and ProtectionConnecticut · Data and privacy · Enacted
- Oct 1, 2026
New or changed in the last 30 days
- Added Sept 29, 2026197 entries added in 44 states and the federal sectionSee each state's page, or the federal page.
How the map works
The map records state statutes, agency and attorney general rules, and licensing-board and insurance-department policies on AI in health care, in five categories: payer and utilization review AI, patient disclosure of AI use, clinical decision and chatbot limits, mental health AI and data and privacy. A bill goes on the map once it has passed at least one committee, and a failed bill keeps its entry, marked failed. A state with no entries was reviewed and nothing in scope was found; its page says so.
The federal section records statutes, final and proposed rules, agency guidance, executive orders and CMS programs, in eight categories: devices and FDA oversight, clinical decision and chatbot limits, payer and utilization review AI, payment for AI, data and privacy, mental health AI, patient disclosure of AI use and government-wide AI policy, and lists a bill in Congress once it has passed a committee.
Statuses: introduced (a bill filed, or a rule proposed), passed (passed the legislature, awaiting the governor), enacted (signed, or a rule adopted, with its main duties not yet in force), in force (its main duties apply now), failed (died, vetoed or withdrawn) and blocked (enjoined, stayed, or delayed with no new date). Federal items use the same statuses, shown as proposed or draft, final, in force or in effect, and withdrawn or revoked.
Every entry links to its primary text first: the enacted bill or its page on the legislature's site, the rule, or the agency's page. A law firm's summary may follow, labeled secondary, but never stands alone. The physician read says what changes in practice and from when; it states duties and dates, not advice. The map is updated from the site's daily research, each entry shows the date its sources were last checked, and a mistake is corrected in place with a note.
This is general information, not legal advice. The whole map is available as data at /law-map/laws.json.
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