Re:Illinois bans use of artificial intelligence for mental h...
by germinalphrase on Wednesday August 13, 2025 @05:48PM
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Functionally, it probably amounts to two restrictions: a chatbot cannot formally diagnose & a chatbot cannot bill insurance companies for services rendered.
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Re:Illinois bans use of artificial intelligence for mental h...
by lupire on Wednesday August 13, 2025 @06:01PM
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Most "therapy" services are not providing a diagnosis. Diagnosis comes from an evaluation before therapy starts, or sometimes not at all. (You can pay to talk to someone without a diagnosis.)
The prohibition is mainly on accepting any payment for advertised therapy service, if not following the rules of therapy (licensure, AI guidelines).
Likewise for medicine and law.
Re:Illinois bans use of artificial intelligence for mental h...
by bluefirebrand on Wednesday August 13, 2025 @07:03PM
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Many therapy services have the ability to diagnose as therapy proceeds though
Re:Illinois bans use of artificial intelligence for mental h...
by gopher_space on Wednesday August 13, 2025 @10:36PM
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After a bit of consideration I’m actually ok with codifying Bad Ideas. We could expand this.