Massachusetts: AI health lawsYour state

H.4616 would bar carriers from denying, delaying or modifying care for medical necessity solely on an AI tool, and S.2632 would also limit public AI therapy and AI use by licensed mental health professionals other than physicians; both would require a licensed physician or competent licensed professional to make adverse medical necessity determinations and can pass only in an informal session before the term ends in January 2027. S.264 would make any commercial entity, including a practice, label its chatbot and answer for what it tells patients as if staff had said it. S.2619, a privacy bill, has sat in conference since June 2026. H.1210, which would have given patients a right to know when information was AI-generated, went to a study order Feb. 9, 2026.