With Assembly Member Bonta at the helm and a broad slate of coauthors, the bill creates a new regulatory framework to prevent artificial intelligence and GenAI outputs from implying licensure to practice health care. It adds a new chapter to the Business and Professions Code focused on health advice from AI, defining AI and GenAI by reference to Government Code definitions and treating health care professions as those subject to licensure or regulation under the division or related acts. Enforcement is placed with the appropriate health care licensing boards or enforcement agencies, with injunctive relief available and each use of a prohibited term treated as a separate violation. The act also notes that no local reimbursement is required and that the measure expands the scope of crimes in a way that local agencies may need to address.
The bill prohibits the use by AI or GenAI systems of terms, letters, or phrases that indicate or imply that care, advice, reports, or assessments generated by the technology are provided by a natural person holding the appropriate license. It extends enforcement to entities that develop or deploy AI/GenAI technology when those terms appear in advertising or in the technology’s functionality. The jurisdiction for enforcement lies with the relevant health care licensing boards or enforcement agencies, and boards may pursue injunctive relief to enforce the provisions. Additionally, each instance of a prohibited term constitutes a separate violation, creating multiple potential actions for a single product or deployment. The measure interacts with existing requirements that facilities using AI disclose AI-generated communications and provide a path to human contact, by adding a broader prohibition on misrepresentation in AI advertising and outputs.
From an implementation and policy-context perspective, the bill relies on Government Code definitions of AI and GenAI and broadly defines “health care profession” to cover licensure or regulation under the division or related acts. It does not specify monetary penalties within the new chapter itself and foregoes an explicit state appropriation, instead leaning on licensing boards’ existing enforcement authorities. The fiscal note indicates no local reimbursement is required, but the act is characterized as a state-mandated local program due to the expansion of crime scope. Stakeholders include licensing boards, health care facilities, AI developers and vendors, and patients, who would be affected by audits of AI outputs, required guardrails, and potential investigations by boards for misrepresentations in AI-generated content or advertising. The measure thus situates AI misrepresentation within the state’s professional-licensing enforcement framework and complements current health communications requirements around AI-generated patient information.
![]() Marc BermanD Assemblymember | Bill Author | Not Contacted | |
![]() Akilah Weber PiersonD Senator | Bill Author | Not Contacted | |
![]() Mia BontaD Assemblymember | Bill Author | Not Contacted | |
![]() Lori WilsonD Assemblymember | Bill Author | Not Contacted | |
![]() Dawn AddisD Assemblymember | Bill Author | Not Contacted |
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With Assembly Member Bonta at the helm and a broad slate of coauthors, the bill creates a new regulatory framework to prevent artificial intelligence and GenAI outputs from implying licensure to practice health care. It adds a new chapter to the Business and Professions Code focused on health advice from AI, defining AI and GenAI by reference to Government Code definitions and treating health care professions as those subject to licensure or regulation under the division or related acts. Enforcement is placed with the appropriate health care licensing boards or enforcement agencies, with injunctive relief available and each use of a prohibited term treated as a separate violation. The act also notes that no local reimbursement is required and that the measure expands the scope of crimes in a way that local agencies may need to address.
The bill prohibits the use by AI or GenAI systems of terms, letters, or phrases that indicate or imply that care, advice, reports, or assessments generated by the technology are provided by a natural person holding the appropriate license. It extends enforcement to entities that develop or deploy AI/GenAI technology when those terms appear in advertising or in the technology’s functionality. The jurisdiction for enforcement lies with the relevant health care licensing boards or enforcement agencies, and boards may pursue injunctive relief to enforce the provisions. Additionally, each instance of a prohibited term constitutes a separate violation, creating multiple potential actions for a single product or deployment. The measure interacts with existing requirements that facilities using AI disclose AI-generated communications and provide a path to human contact, by adding a broader prohibition on misrepresentation in AI advertising and outputs.
From an implementation and policy-context perspective, the bill relies on Government Code definitions of AI and GenAI and broadly defines “health care profession” to cover licensure or regulation under the division or related acts. It does not specify monetary penalties within the new chapter itself and foregoes an explicit state appropriation, instead leaning on licensing boards’ existing enforcement authorities. The fiscal note indicates no local reimbursement is required, but the act is characterized as a state-mandated local program due to the expansion of crime scope. Stakeholders include licensing boards, health care facilities, AI developers and vendors, and patients, who would be affected by audits of AI outputs, required guardrails, and potential investigations by boards for misrepresentations in AI-generated content or advertising. The measure thus situates AI misrepresentation within the state’s professional-licensing enforcement framework and complements current health communications requirements around AI-generated patient information.
Ayes | Noes | NVR | Total | Result |
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79 | 0 | 1 | 80 | PASS |
![]() Marc BermanD Assemblymember | Bill Author | Not Contacted | |
![]() Akilah Weber PiersonD Senator | Bill Author | Not Contacted | |
![]() Mia BontaD Assemblymember | Bill Author | Not Contacted | |
![]() Lori WilsonD Assemblymember | Bill Author | Not Contacted | |
![]() Dawn AddisD Assemblymember | Bill Author | Not Contacted |