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X-WR-CALNAME:AI health laws taking effect: Washington
X-WR-CALDESC:Dates AI health laws and rules take effect\, from the AI healt
 h law map at physicianintheloop.org.
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UID:wa-hb2155-2026-20260611@physicianintheloop.org
DTSTAMP:20261015T120000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260611
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260612
SUMMARY:Washington: HB 2155\, Concerning the Use of Nursing Titles takes ef
 fect
DESCRIPTION:Limits the practice of nursing to licensed human persons and ba
 rs any nonhuman entity from assuming nursing titles or using abbreviations
  or other words\, letters\, signs or figures indicating that it is a regis
 tered nurse\, advanced registered nurse practitioner or licensed practical
  nurse\, including the titles nurse\, registered nurse\, nurse practitione
 r and licensed practical nurse and the abbreviations RN\, ARNP\, NP and LP
 N.\n\nhttps://physicianintheloop.org/law-map/washington/#law-wa-hb2155-202
 6
URL:https://physicianintheloop.org/law-map/washington/#law-wa-hb2155-2026
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UID:wa-sb5395-2026-20260611@physicianintheloop.org
DTSTAMP:20261015T120000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260611
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260612
SUMMARY:Washington: SB 5395\, Making Improvements to Transparency and Accou
 ntability in the Prior Authorization Determination Process takes effect
DESCRIPTION:Bars AI from being the sole means used to deny\, delay or modif
 y health care services\, bars algorithms from being used without human rev
 iew to deny care based on medical necessity\, allows only a licensed physi
 cian or licensed health professional working within scope to deny a prior 
 authorization request based on medical necessity\, requires AI used in pri
 or authorization to base determinations on the enrollee's own medical or c
 linical history and the clinical circumstances the requesting provider pre
 sents rather than solely on a group data set\, makes carriers' AI policies
  and procedures open to audit by the Office of the Insurance Commissioner\
 , and adds the share of denials aided by AI to carriers' annual prior auth
 orization reports.\n\nhttps://physicianintheloop.org/law-map/washington/#l
 aw-wa-sb5395-2026
URL:https://physicianintheloop.org/law-map/washington/#law-wa-sb5395-2026
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UID:wa-hb2225-2026-20270101@physicianintheloop.org
DTSTAMP:20261015T120000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270102
SUMMARY:Washington: HB 2225\, Regulating Artificial Intelligence Companion 
 Chatbots takes effect
DESCRIPTION:Requires operators of AI companion chatbots to disclose that th
 e chatbot is artificially generated and not human at the start of an inter
 action and at least every three hours (at least hourly when the operator k
 nows the user is a minor or the chatbot is directed to minors)\, to keep a
 nd publish a protocol for detecting and addressing suicidal ideation and s
 elf-harm\, including eating disorders\, that refers users to a suicide hot
 line or crisis text line\, and to prevent sexually explicit content and ma
 nipulative engagement techniques with minors.\n\nhttps://physicianintheloo
 p.org/law-map/washington/#law-wa-hb2225-2026
URL:https://physicianintheloop.org/law-map/washington/#law-wa-hb2225-2026
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