California: AI health lawsYour state
18 entries on the map: 14 in force and 4 enacted and not yet in force (main duties begin Jan. 1, 2027, and July 1, 2027).
California's AI rules bind physician practices, health plans, chatbot operators and developers.
Full overview and dates aheadHide full overview
Since Jan. 1, 2025, AB 3030 has required a disclaimer and instructions for reaching a human on generative AI patient communications about clinical information unless a licensed or certified provider reviewed them, and a Jan. 13, 2025, Attorney General's advisory says state law bars delegating the practice of medicine to AI. AB 489 bars AI developers and deployers from implying AI advice comes from a licensed professional. From Jan. 1, 2027, AB 1979 requires practices to take reasonable steps so clinicians can exercise independent judgment when clinical decision support informs care, and SB 503 requires them to identify, monitor and mitigate the systems' bias risks. Since Jan. 1, 2025, SB 1120 has barred plans and insurers from using AI to deny, delay or modify care on medical necessity grounds. SB 243, since Jan. 1, 2026, and SB 1119, from July 1, 2027, bind companion chatbot operators. The governor vetoed AB 2575 and SB 903 Sept. 30, 2026.
Dates ahead
- Jan. 1, 2027AB 1609, Customer Service Chatbots (Chapter 733, Statutes of 2026)Patient disclosure of AI use
- Jan. 1, 2027AB 1979, Health Care Services: Artificial IntelligenceClinical decision and chatbot limits
- Jan. 1, 2027SB 503, Health Care Services: Artificial IntelligenceClinical decision and chatbot limits
- July 1, 2027SB 1119, Companion Chatbots: Children's SafetyClinical decision and chatbot limits
Payer and utilization review AI
SB 1120, Health Care Coverage: Utilization Review
This entry's details are for members
What the law requires, who it binds, when it takes effect and the primary sources, checked on a dated schedule.
Founding Pro: $149 a year, locked while you stay. Until Dec. 31. Regular price $249 a year.
Pro adds your state's duties as a dated checklist, with law alerts, coming soon.
Already a member? Sign in
Department of Insurance Guidance SB 1120:1, Use of Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms and Other Software Tools in Utilization Management
Also relevant here: Attorney General's Legal Advisory on the Application of Existing California Law to Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare (under clinical decision and chatbot limits).
Patient disclosure of AI use
AB 3030, Health Care Services: Artificial Intelligence
AB 1609, Customer Service Chatbots (Chapter 733, Statutes of 2026)
Also relevant here: 4 entries listed under other categories
Also relevant here: Attorney General's Legal Advisory on the Application of Existing California Law to Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare (under clinical decision and chatbot limits); AB 489, Health Care Professions: Deceptive Terms or Letters: Artificial Intelligence (under clinical decision and chatbot limits); CCPA Updates, Cybersecurity Audits, Risk Assessments, Automated Decisionmaking Technology (ADMT), and Insurance Regulations (under data and privacy); SB 243, Companion Chatbots (under clinical decision and chatbot limits).
Clinical decision and chatbot limits
Attorney General's Legal Advisory on the Application of Existing California Law to Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
AB 489, Health Care Professions: Deceptive Terms or Letters: Artificial Intelligence
SB 243, Companion Chatbots
AB 1979, Health Care Services: Artificial Intelligence
SB 503, Health Care Services: Artificial Intelligence
SB 1119, Companion Chatbots: Children's Safety
Mental health AI
Also relevant here: AB 2089, Privacy: Mental Health Digital Services: Mental Health Application Information (under data and privacy); SB 243, Companion Chatbots (under clinical decision and chatbot limits); SB 1119, Companion Chatbots: Children's Safety (under clinical decision and chatbot limits).
Data and privacy
AB 375, California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (Proposition 24)
AB 2089, Privacy: Mental Health Digital Services: Mental Health Application Information
AB 254, Confidentiality of Medical Information Act: Reproductive or Sexual Health Application Information
AB 1008, California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018: Personal Information
SB 1223, Consumer Privacy: Sensitive Personal Information: Neural Data
AB 2013, Generative Artificial Intelligence: Training Data Transparency
AB 45, Privacy: Health Data: Location and Research
CCPA Updates, Cybersecurity Audits, Risk Assessments, Automated Decisionmaking Technology (ADMT), and Insurance Regulations
Also relevant here: Attorney General's Legal Advisory on the Application of Existing California Law to Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare (under clinical decision and chatbot limits); AB 1979, Health Care Services: Artificial Intelligence (under clinical decision and chatbot limits).
Failed or withdrawn bills (5)
AB 1018, Automated Decisions Safety Act
AB 1988, Companion Chatbots: Crisis Interruption Pauses (PAUSE Act)
AB 2023, Companion Chatbots: Children's Safety
AB 2575, Health Care Services: Artificial Intelligence
SB 903, Mental Health Professionals: Artificial Intelligence (Wellness and Oversight for Psychological Resources Act)
What applies to me in California: physician, practice owner, hospital.
Federal law also applies in every state: see federal law and policy.
Calendar of dates laws take effect (California): subscribe or download the .ics file.
General information, not legal advice. The whole map is available as data at /law-map/laws.json.