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Illinois bars AI from delivering therapy without a licensed professional

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Illinois enacted the Wellness and Oversight for Psychological Resources Act (HB 1806), which prohibits offering therapy or psychotherapy unless a licensed professional provides it and stops clinicians from letting AI make therapeutic decisions or talk therapeutically with clients. AI remains allowed for administrative and supplementary support. Nevada passed a similar ban, while Utah and New York chose disclosure and crisis-referral duties instead.

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Mental-health chatbot makers now face a patchwork in which the same product is banned in some US states and merely labelled in others.

SourceIllinois General AssemblyCoverage: Route Fifty Based on credible reporting; we could not open the primary document. Independently fact-checked on 7 Oct 2026.
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