Mental health professionals: artificial intelligence.

Summary

The bill adds new rules to California’s Business and Professions Code that govern how licensed mental‑health professionals may employ artificial intelligence. It bars AI from recording, transcribing, triaging or delivering psychotherapy unless the patient is informed and gives consent, and it forbids advertising AI‑driven chat‑bot counseling as a psychotherapy service. The goal is to protect consumers while allowing safe, ethical AI assistance under professional oversight.

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