Georgia: AI health laws
2 entries on the map: 2 enacted and not yet in force (main duties begin Jan 1, 2027 and Jul 1, 2027).
Dates ahead
- Jan 1, 2027
- Jul 1, 2027SB 540, Online Internet Safety; certain disclosures related to conversational AI services; requireClinical decision and chatbot limits
Payer and utilization review AI
Insurers', benefit managers' and utilization reviewers' use of AI, including prior authorization and claim denials.
SB 444, Private Review Agents; certain decisions with regard to the provision of insurance coverage for healthcare services shall not be based solely on artificial intelligence systems
Allows private review agents and utilization review entities to use AI systems and other software tools that are part of a utilization review plan, but bars those systems from issuing an adverse determination to a patient until a natural person qualifying as a private review agent or utilization review entity conducts a utilization review in which a clinical peer participates, and bars the tools from superseding the clinical peer's judgment.
Physician read. From Jan. 1, 2027, an AI system or software tool cannot issue an adverse determination on a Georgia patient's care on its own; a utilization review in which a clinical peer participates must come first, and the tool cannot override the clinical peer's judgment.
Notes: Act 411. The Senate passed it 49-0 on Feb. 11, 2026, the House passed a substitute 166-0 on March 19, 2026, the Senate agreed to the House substitute 47-0 on March 25, and the Governor signed it May 5, 2026. The enrolled text (26 LC 46 1522S) adds Code Section 33-46-7.1 to Chapter 46 of Title 33 and defines artificial intelligence as a machine-based system that, for a given set of human-defined objectives, makes predictions, recommendations or decisions influencing real or virtual environments; its Section 2 sets the Jan. 1, 2027 effective date. LegiScan is the source for status, and the text was confirmed on the governor's posted copy. Leads gave other numbers for this law (HB 1181, a motor vehicle title bill; SB 544, a Butts County homestead exemption; HB 327, a Code revision bill); none has AI content.
Patient disclosure of AI use
Telling patients that AI is used in their care or in messages to them.
Also relevant here: SB 540, Online Internet Safety; certain disclosures related to conversational AI services; require (under clinical decision and chatbot limits).
Clinical decision and chatbot limits
Limits on AI in clinical decisions and on health chatbots, including AI presenting itself as a licensed professional.
SB 540, Online Internet Safety; certain disclosures related to conversational AI services; require
Requires operators of AI companion chatbots to disclose that the user is interacting with AI at the start of each session and at least every three hours (every hour when the operator knows or reasonably should have known the user is a minor, or the chatbot is directed or marketed to minors), maintain a protocol to detect and address expressions of severe harm, meaning significant injury from suicide, attempted suicide or self-harm or significant physical injury from threats of violence, that refers users to crisis resources including the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, not knowingly and intentionally cause a chatbot to represent that it is licensed, certified or otherwise authorized to provide professional mental health, behavioral health, medical or counseling services unless the operator is lawfully authorized to provide them, and give minors added content protections and parental controls, enforced by the Attorney General.
Physician read. It places no duty on physicians. From July 1, 2027, an operator may not knowingly and intentionally cause an AI companion chatbot offered in Georgia to claim it is licensed or authorized to provide medical, mental health or counseling services unless the operator is lawfully authorized to provide those services, and operators must refer users who express thoughts of suicide or self-harm to crisis resources such as 988.
Notes: Act 518. The Senate passed a substitute 54-0 on March 6, 2026, the House passed a substitute 166-0 on March 25, the Senate agreed 44-1 on March 27, and the Governor signed it May 11, 2026. The enrolled text (26 LC 64 0123S) adds Code Section 39-5-6 to the Online Internet Safety chapter of Title 39, effective July 1, 2027. The Attorney General may bring a civil action for penalties up to $10,000 per knowing violation, compensatory damages, and costs and attorney's fees, and may give written notice and 30 days to cure a first violation that does not involve knowing misconduct, sexual exploitation of a minor or self-harm related misconduct. Before allowing access to a feature that may generate sexually explicit content, an operator must use a commercially reasonable age assurance method, and verification data may not be kept longer than 24 hours or another period permitted by law, whichever is longer. LegiScan is the source for status, and the text was confirmed on the governor's posted copy.
Mental health AI
AI in therapy and mental health care.
Also relevant here: SB 540, Online Internet Safety; certain disclosures related to conversational AI services; require (under clinical decision and chatbot limits).
Data and privacy
Health and consumer data, biometrics, and data used to train AI.
Nothing in this category was found in the review of Sept 29, 2026.
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