California AB 489 artificial intelligence health-care title protection
Restricts AI systems from representing themselves with licensed health-care titles or implying licensed clinical authority.
California · Enacted · Effective Jan 1, 2026
What it is
- What changed
- Restricts AI systems from representing themselves with licensed health-care titles or implying licensed clinical authority.
- Why it matters
- Digital support tools for caregivers may need to explain their role, data use, safety boundaries, or escalation limits differently in this jurisdiction.
- Who it touches
- Family caregivers, People using AI and digital health tools, People receiving carefamily caregivers, care recipients, care technology users
- What it does
- Gives people a right or protection; Requires something of providers, companies or agencies
- Identifiers
- AB 489 (session 20252026)
- Topics
- Caregiving AI
Sources
Last reviewed Sep 25, 2026. This is information, not legal advice; check the source for the current text.