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Re:Illinois bans use of artificial intelligence for mental h... by germinalphrase on Wednesday August 13, 2025 @05:48PM (#44894259)
Functionally, it probably amounts to two restrictions: a chatbot cannot formally diagnose & a chatbot cannot bill insurance companies for services rendered.
Re:Illinois bans use of artificial intelligence for mental h... by lupire on Wednesday August 13, 2025 @06:01PM (#44894380)
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 (#44894913)
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 (#44896189)
After a bit of consideration I’m actually ok with codifying Bad Ideas. We could expand this.