State Health AI Law Tracker/California
California SB 1001 · Disclose AI to patients · Effective
Bolstering Online Transparency Act (bot disclosure)
Effective July 1, 2019
What the law does
California SB 1001 requires clear disclosure when a bot is used to communicate with a person in California with intent to mislead them about a commercial transaction or a vote. It is a general bot law, not health-specific, but it still reaches undisclosed health-sales and appointment bots. The Act took effect July 1, 2019.
- State
- California
- Bill number
- SB 1001
- Topic
- Disclose AI to patients
- Status
- Effective
- Date enacted
- September 28, 2018
- Date effective
- July 1, 2019
- Applies to
- Vendors
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