RI Healthcare AI Notification Act
Use of Artificial Intelligence by Healthcare Providers Notification Act
Requires healthcare providers and facilities to notify patients when AI is used to document or transcribe in-person or telehealth visits, and to review AI-generated documentation for accuracy.
Jurisdiction
Rhode Island
Enacted
Jun 22, 2026
Effective
Jun 22, 2026
Enforcement
TBD
Signed by Governor Dan McKee June 22, 2026 (SB 2570 / H 7538); took effect immediately upon passage.
Rhode Island General Assembly - SB 2570 / H 7538Why It Matters
A narrow transparency measure requiring patient notification when AI is used to document clinical encounters, part of a broader June 2026 package of Rhode Island AI healthcare legislation.
Recent Developments
Signed by Governor Dan McKee on June 22, 2026, alongside two companion AI mental-health bills (S 2195/H 7350 and S 2197/H 7349). Passed the Senate 37-0 (June 10, 2026) and House 53-14 (June 11, 2026).
At a Glance
Applies to
Requires
Who Must Comply
- Healthcare providers
- Healthcare facilities
Obligations fall on:
Safety Provisions
- Healthcare providers and facilities must notify patients of AI use to memorialize (document/transcribe) patient visits
- Providers must review AI-generated documentation for accuracy after each visit
View on map
Rhode Island
Focus Areas
General regulation
Cite This
APA
Rhode Island. (2026). Use of Artificial Intelligence by Healthcare Providers Notification Act.
Related Regulations
RI Intimate Deepfakes Act
Establishes criminal penalties for distributing synthetic intimate imagery (AI-generated deepfake pornography) without consent. Creates civil remedies for victims. Protects internet service providers from liability for third-party content.
RI AI Companion Safety Act
Requires operators of AI companion chatbots to implement protocols detecting user expressions of suicidal ideation, self-harm, or threatened harm to others, refer affected users to crisis resources, and periodically disclose that the AI companion lacks human emotions.
CA SB 503
Requires developers and deployers of AI clinical decision support systems used by health facilities, clinics and physician practices to make reasonable efforts to identify systems with a known or reasonably foreseeable risk of biased impacts on people with protected characteristics. Developers must mitigate those risks and give deployers an intended-use and risk statement plus documentation on training data, evaluation and data governance; deployers must regularly monitor the systems and mitigate.
CA SB 947
Adds Labor Code Part 5.5.5 on employers' use of automated decision systems (ADS). Bars using an ADS to violate labor or civil rights law, to infer an employee's protected status, or to predict and act against workers exercising legal rights; bars relying solely on an ADS for disciplinary or termination decisions and requires human corroboration where an ADS output is the primary basis; and requires a written post-use notice and, on request, a description of the employee's data used. Operative July 1, 2027.
CA AB 1979
Deems a business that offers a health care chatbot to consumers, for managing their information or for diagnosis, treatment or management of a medical condition, to be a provider of health care subject to the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act. Requires health facilities, clinics and physician practices to preserve licensed professionals' independent judgment when care is informed by clinical decision support AI, and bars them from using AI to independently perform, or to direct unlicensed personnel in, clinical functions that require a professional license.
CA SB 1276
Amends California's sexual-exploitation-of-a-child offence (Penal Code Section 311.3) so that it covers digitally altered or artificial-intelligence-generated matter depicting a person under 18 engaged in sexual conduct, and adds knowingly downloading, streaming or accessing such matter through electronic or digital media to the prohibited conduct. It makes the same extension to the definition of sexual exploitation that triggers mandated reporting under the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act (Section 11165.1).
Last updated July 13, 2026. Verify against primary sources before relying on this information.