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- Seven States Now Restrict AI Therapy: What Small Behavioral Health Practices Can Still AutomateExecutive Summary Seven states now restrict artificial intelligence in mental and behavioral health care. Illinois and Nevada acted in 2025. Colorado, Maine, Rhode Island, Tennessee and Vermont followed in 2026, and five of those seven took effect between June and August 2026. They converge on one principle and diverge on almost everything else. Illinois fines…
- Your Patient Intake Chatbot Is Now a Regulated Product: The 2026 AI Compliance Map for Small Medical PracticesExecutive Summary The patient facing chatbot your practice added to its website is no longer governed by HIPAA alone. Three separate layers of law now reach it: HIPAA, the Federal Trade Commission, and a fast growing set of state statutes that regulate conversational AI directly. Tennessee’s restriction on AI systems representing themselves as qualified mental…