In the absence of federal guardrails on artificial intelligence in health care, state governments are figuring out their own rules of the road.
Why it matters: Artificial intelligence is health care's biggest wild card. But it's drawing hundreds of millions of dollars in investment, and health providers and drug developers are already using it -- essentially without oversight.
State of play: Colorado in May enacted one of the first comprehensive state AI laws, which places limits on developers and deployers of AI system that make "consequential decisions," including in healthcare.
- "The federal government is particularly ineffective and slow these days," said Colorado state Rep. Brianna Titone (D), a sponsor of the bill. "The states really need to step up" to make sure conversations around ethical and responsible use of AI are happening, she said.
- Utah's AI office is working to regulate mental health chatbots. Many health care workers in the state also have to disclose when they have generative AI interact with a consumer.
- State medical and osteopathic boards this spring also adopted recommendations for best practices for governing the use of AI in clinical care.
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