Louisiana: AI health laws
2 entries on the map: 1 in force and 1 enacted and not yet in force (main duties begin Jan 1, 2027).
Dates ahead
- Jan 1, 2027SB 386 (Act 502 of 2026), Louisiana Data Privacy ActData and privacy
Payer and utilization review AI
Insurers', benefit managers' and utilization reviewers' use of AI, including prior authorization and claim denials.
Nothing in this category was found in the review of Sept 29, 2026.
Patient disclosure of AI use
Telling patients that AI is used in their care or in messages to them.
HB 475 (Act 649 of 2026), R.S. 37:22.1, Recordings; artificial intelligence; disclosure
Requires a licensed health care professional to tell a patient verbally about any recording device, software or service before recording any part of an appointment or treatment that will be transcribed by artificial intelligence.
Physician read. Since Aug. 1, 2026, a physician in Louisiana who records any part of an appointment or treatment to be transcribed by AI, as with an ambient AI scribe, must first verbally disclose the recording device, software or service to the patient; the law requires disclosure, not consent. A professional who violates the section may be disciplined by the licensing board and, under the statute, is immune from civil liability absent gross negligence or willful misconduct.
Notes: The bill page's title, written for the bill as filed, says it requires a patient's consent before a visit is recorded; the enacted section requires only verbal disclosure and does not require written documentation of it. R.S. 37:22.1(B) attaches both the possibility of board discipline and the immunity from civil liability absent gross negligence or willful misconduct to 'any healthcare professional who violates the provisions of this Section.' The bill page shows the governor signed it June 2, 2026. The act has no effective-date section; the bill page lists Aug. 1, 2026, the date on which laws enacted in a regular session take effect under Article III, Section 19 of the Louisiana Constitution unless the bill sets another date. That Title 37 covers physicians, nurses and mental health professionals, among others, is stated in Arnall Golden Gregory's summary (secondary). A tracker listed this law as HB 476.
Clinical decision and chatbot limits
Limits on AI in clinical decisions and on health chatbots, including AI presenting itself as a licensed professional.
Nothing in this category was found in the review of Sept 29, 2026.
Mental health AI
AI in therapy and mental health care.
Also relevant here: HB 475 (Act 649 of 2026), R.S. 37:22.1, Recordings; artificial intelligence; disclosure (under patient disclosure of AI use).
Data and privacy
Health and consumer data, biometrics, and data used to train AI.
SB 386 (Act 502 of 2026), Louisiana Data Privacy Act
Gives consumers rights to access, correct, delete and port personal data and to opt out of targeted advertising, sale and profiling in furtherance of decisions with legal or similarly significant effects, requires consent before processing sensitive data, including data revealing a mental or physical health diagnosis, identifying genetic or biometric data and precise geolocation, and requires data protection assessments for sensitive data and risky profiling.
Physician read. From Jan. 1, 2027, a business covered by the act needs a consumer's consent before processing data revealing a mental or physical health diagnosis, identifying genetic or biometric data, or precise geolocation. HIPAA covered entities, business associates and protected health information are exempt, so it places no new duty on a practice covered by HIPAA.
Notes: Enacts R.S. 51:1780.1 through 1780.5. The bill page's summary ('opting out of providing personal information on social media websites') describes the bill as filed; the enrolled act is a comprehensive privacy law. The Attorney General enforces it as an unfair or deceptive trade practice with no private right of action; from Jan. 1 to July 31, 2027, the Attorney General must give 30 days' written notice and a chance to cure before acting. Jones Walker reports that a Senate-passed duty for processors to secure personal data handled by AI systems was removed in the House Commerce Committee.
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Most recently checked Sept 29, 2026. General information, not legal advice. How the map works, and the data.