Health Care

Lawmakers consider AI guardrails for health care

Bills have been filed or are in the works in nearly a dozen states. 
Dr. Laurie Margolies demonstrates the Koios DS Smart Ultrasound software, Wednesday, May 8, 2024, at Mount Sinai hospital in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Lawmakers are preparing health care legislation that would be among the first to place guardrails on how artificial intelligence is used to determine insurance coverage, communicate with patients and inform physician decisions. 

Only a fraction of the hundreds of AI-related bills introduced in state legislatures in recent years touched upon health care applications. This year, bills are already filed or in the works in nearly a dozen states.

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