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AB 1979CA · house

Health care services: artificial intelligence.

Passed One ChamberHealthcareArtificial Intelligence

Sponsor

Mia Bonta (D)

Introduced

Feb 13, 2026

Latest Action

In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

AI Summary

The bill expands California’s privacy law to treat apps, chatbots and other AI‑based services that handle medical data as health‑care providers, subjecting them to the same confidentiality rules. It also forces hospitals, clinics and doctors’ offices that use generative AI to label AI‑generated messages and to keep a human professional in charge of any clinical decision. The goal is to protect patients from undisclosed AI use and to ensure licensed clinicians remain ultimately responsible for care.

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