Evidence & sources
Obligations- blocking licensure: An AI provider may not represent, or program an AI system to represent, that the system is capable of providing professional mental or behavioral health care, or that it is a therapist, counselor, psychiatrist, or similar provider.
"The artificial intelligence system is capable of providing professional mental or behavioral health care" / "is a provider of mental or behavioral health care, a therapist, a clinical therapist, a counselor" (Sec. 7(1)(a),(c)). - blocking scope_of_practice: A provider of mental and behavioral health care may not use an AI system in connection with providing professional mental and behavioral health care directly to a patient, except for enumerated administrative-support tasks.
"a provider of mental and behavioral health care shall not use an artificial intelligence system in connection with providing professional mental and behavioral health care directly to a patient" (Sec. 8(1)). - material data_use: When a licensed provider uses AI for authorized administrative-support purposes, the provider must ensure compliance with HITECH, HIPAA, and Nevada patient-privacy statutes, and must independently review AI-generated reports before relying on them.
"the provider shall ensure that such use complies with all applicable federal and state laws governing patient privacy" including HIPAA, Public Law 104-191 (Sec. 8(3)). - blocking minors: A public school may not use AI to perform the mental-health functions and duties of a school counselor, school psychologist, or school social worker.
"A public school ... shall not use artificial intelligence to perform the functions and duties of a school counselor, school psychologist or school social worker ... which relate to the mental health of pupils" (Sec. 2(1)).
Scope- applies_if_minor_accessible = true
Sec. 2 applies specifically to public-school pupils, i.e. minors, for the school-counselor AI ban. - applies_to_operator = artificial_intelligence_provider; provider_of_mental_and_behavioral_health_care
"An artificial intelligence provider shall not..." (Sec. 7); "a provider of mental and behavioral health care shall not..." (Sec. 8(1)). - exempts = administrative_support_tasks
"perform tasks for administrative support, which may include ... Scheduling appointments; Managing records; Billing patients ..." (Sec. 8(2)).
Verified by CAW editor (seed review) on 2026-09-08T00:00:00Z
Archived copy: aa0733fa4dce… (retrieved 2026-11-01). Last checked 2026-11-04. Bill text via LegiScan (CC BY 4.0), official source: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB406_EN.pdf; our crawler could not fetch the official site directly. Text dated 2025-05-29.
Live primary source: https://archive.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB406_EN.pdf
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