Regulates mental health chatbots using AI by prohibiting unauthorized data sharing, restricting advertising, and mandating transparency about AI use. Empowers the Division of Consumer Protection for enforcement. Requires suppliers to adhere to privacy and safety regulations.
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This is a binding state statute (Utah HB 452) with mandatory obligations, enforcement mechanisms including administrative fines up to $2,500 per violation and court actions, and explicit penalties for non-compliance enforced by the Division of Consumer Protection.
The document has good coverage of approximately 6-8 subdomains, with strong focus on privacy compromise (2.1), security vulnerabilities (2.2), overreliance and unsafe use (5.1), loss of agency and autonomy (5.2), false information (3.1), and lack of transparency (7.4). Coverage is concentrated in privacy/security, human-computer interaction, and AI system safety domains.
The document primarily governs the Health Care and Social Assistance sector through regulation of mental health chatbots. It also has secondary coverage of the Information sector as suppliers of AI chatbot technology are regulated.
The document primarily addresses the Deploy and Operate and Monitor stages of the AI lifecycle, with some coverage of Verify and Validate. It focuses on requirements for deploying mental health chatbots to users and ongoing operational monitoring, safety protocols, and user protection measures.
The document explicitly defines and regulates 'artificial intelligence', 'artificial intelligence technology', and 'generative artificial intelligence' in the context of mental health chatbots. It does not mention frontier AI, general purpose AI, foundation models (except in documentation requirements), task-specific AI, predictive AI, open-weight models, or compute thresholds.
Utah State Legislature
This is a state legislative bill (HB 452) enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah, establishing regulatory requirements for mental health chatbots using AI.
Division of Consumer Protection; Attorney General of Utah
The Division of Consumer Protection is designated as the primary enforcement authority with power to impose fines and bring court actions. The Attorney General provides legal support and can bring civil actions on behalf of the Division.
Division of Consumer Protection
The Division of Consumer Protection monitors compliance through policy filings, documentation requirements, and ongoing oversight of suppliers' adherence to safety and privacy standards.
The document targets 'suppliers' of mental health chatbots, defined as entities that provide AI-powered mental health chatbot services to users. These suppliers are responsible for developing, deploying, and operating the chatbots, making them both developers and deployers.
9 subdomains (4 Good, 5 Minimal)