Virginia: AI health lawsYour state
11 entries on the map: 7 in force and 4 bills in the legislature.
Virginia's rules apply to insurers and bind hospitals and consumer data holders; none sets an AI-specific duty on physicians.
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Administrative Letter 2024-01, since July 22, 2024, tells insurers AI-supported decisions must comply with insurance law. HB 2154 makes hospitals and nursing facilities let inpatients use intelligent personal assistants. The Consumer Data Protection Act exempts HIPAA covered entities; HB 707 and SB 338 added children's data and geolocation limits. SB 754, with no HIPAA exemption, has since July 1, 2025, barred suppliers from obtaining or selling reproductive or sexual health information, including inferred data, without consent. A genetic data law binds consumer testing companies. Four bills carry over to 2027: SB 269 would make mental health providers, including physicians, get consent before using AI on recorded sessions; SB 586 would make carriers tell physicians when AI issued a denial; SB 796 and HB 635 would make chatbot operators, possibly including practices, disclose they are not human. HB 2094, a high-risk AI act, was vetoed March 24, 2025.
Payer and utilization review AI
Administrative Letter 2024-01, The Use of Artificial Intelligence Systems
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SB 586, Health carriers; use of artificial intelligence, disclosures
Patient disclosure of AI use
Also relevant here: 4 entries listed under other categories
Also relevant here: HB 635, Artificial Intelligence Chatbots Act; established, prohibited practices, penalties (under mental health AI); SB 269, Mental health service providers; definitions, use of artificial intelligence system, civil penalty (under mental health AI); SB 586, Health carriers; use of artificial intelligence, disclosures (under payer and utilization review AI); SB 796, Artificial Intelligence Companion Chatbots and Minors Act; established, enforcement, civil penalty (under clinical decision and chatbot limits).
Clinical decision and chatbot limits
HB 2154, Hospitals, nursing homes, etc.; regulations, patient access to intelligent personal assistant
SB 796, Artificial Intelligence Companion Chatbots and Minors Act; established, enforcement, civil penalty
Also relevant here: HB 635, Artificial Intelligence Chatbots Act; established, prohibited practices, penalties (under mental health AI); SB 269, Mental health service providers; definitions, use of artificial intelligence system, civil penalty (under mental health AI).
Mental health AI
HB 635, Artificial Intelligence Chatbots Act; established, prohibited practices, penalties
SB 269, Mental health service providers; definitions, use of artificial intelligence system, civil penalty
Also relevant here: SB 796, Artificial Intelligence Companion Chatbots and Minors Act; established, enforcement, civil penalty (under clinical decision and chatbot limits).
Data and privacy
HB 2307 and SB 1392, Consumer Data Protection Act
SB 1087, Genetic data privacy; civil penalty
HB 707 and SB 361, Consumer Data Protection Act; protections for children
SB 754, Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, etc., reproductive or sexual health information
SB 338, Consumer Data Protection Act; data controller responsibilities, precise geolocation data
Also relevant here: HB 2154, Hospitals, nursing homes, etc.; regulations, patient access to intelligent personal assistant (under clinical decision and chatbot limits).
Failed or withdrawn bills (1)
HB 2094, High-risk artificial intelligence; definitions, development, deployment, and use, civil penalties
What applies to me in Virginia: physician, practice owner, hospital.
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