S8484 (2025-26 session)
NY State bill
Regulates the use of artificial intelligence in the provision of therapy or psychotherapy services by prohibiting the use of artificial intelligence to assist in providing supplementary support where the session is recorded or transcribed unless the patient is informed of the specific purpose of such use and consents of such use; establishes penalties for violations of such provisions; excludes religious counseling, peer-support, and self-help materials and educational resources from such provisions.
- Title
- Regulates the use of artificial intelligence in the provision of therapy or psychotherapy services
- Type
- New York State Senate bill
- Session
- 2025-26 session
- Status
- In Senate Committee
- Latest action date
- 2026-06-05
- In committee
- Rules
- Introduced
- 2025-08-20
- Same as
- A9106
- Law section
- Education Law
Sponsors
- Kristen Gonzalez State Senator, District 59
Co-sponsors
- Julia Salazar State Senator, District 18
Heard in committee
- Higher Education NY State Senate committee
- Rules NY State Senate committee
Same as
- A9106 (2025-26 session) NY State bill
Committee meetings
Committee meetings that took this bill up, from the Senate's published agendas. The Assembly does not publish its committee agendas in machine-readable form, so an Assembly committee's consideration of a bill is not on this list.
- Higher Education, 2026-05-05 First reading