California bill barring AI chatbots from posing as therapists advances
SB 903 cleared California's Assembly Appropriations Committee 13-0 and would bar companion chatbots from offering psychotherapy without clinician oversight. The Senate passed it 39-0 in May; TechNet's Robert Boykin warned the clinician requirement could delay care amid a statewide behavioral-health worker shortage.
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