State Health AI Law Tracker/Idaho
Idaho SB 1297 · AI therapy / mental health chatbots · Enacted
Conversational AI services disclosure and youth safeguards
Effective July 1, 2027
What the law does
Idaho SB 1297 requires operators of conversational AI services to disclose that the chatbot is AI when a reasonable person could think they are talking to a human. Operators must adopt suicidal-ideation protocols with crisis referrals and may not program the AI to claim it provides professional mental or behavioral health care. Extra rules for minors include periodic AI disclosures and limits on sexual content and engagement-maximizing design. The Act takes effect July 1, 2027.
- State
- Idaho
- Bill number
- SB 1297
- Topic
- AI therapy / mental health chatbots
- Status
- Enacted
- Date enacted
- March 31, 2026
- Date effective
- July 1, 2027
- Applies to
- Vendors
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