Becker's Healthcare January 15, 2026
A total of 143 bills across all 50 states were found to affect mental health-related AI, but only 28 explicitly mentioned mental health. The remainder had indirect or substantial implications, and just 20 were enacted across 11 states as of May 2025, according to a legislative review published in JMIR Mental Health.
Researchers from Boston-based Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center analyzed legislation introduced in all 50 states between Jan. 1, 2022, and May 19, 2025. Using the LegiScan database, they screened 793 bills referencing AI and health-related terms. Bills were categorized by their relevance to mental health AI using a four-tiered system and tagged by topic. Legally trained reviewers conducted the final reviews and quality control to ensure consistency.
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