Requires healthcare providers and healthcare facilities to inform patients of the use of artificial intelligence to memorialize patient visits.

Plain-English Summary

This Rhode Island bill would require doctors, nurses, and other healthcare providers — as well as hospitals, clinics, and other medical facilities — to tell patients when artificial intelligence (AI) is being used to record or document their visit. In practice, many healthcare offices are beginning to use AI tools that listen to appointments and automatically generate notes or summaries of what was discussed. This bill would make it mandatory for providers to disclose when that kind of technology is being used.

The bill affects essentially anyone who receives medical care in Rhode Island, as well as the healthcare providers and facilities that serve them. Patients would have the right to know upfront that an AI system is helping to capture or memorialize the details of their appointment, rather than having it happen without their awareness. This is similar in spirit to other consent and transparency requirements already common in healthcare settings.

The bill is currently moving through the Rhode Island House of Representatives, having been referred to the House Health & Human Services Committee. The committee has recommended it move forward, and it is scheduled for further consideration in early 2026. No details about penalties for non-compliance or specific notification procedures are included in the description provided, so those specifics may be addressed in the full bill text.