Rhode Island H 7538, the AI Use Notification Act, requires healthcare providers and facilities that use artificial intelligence to document an in-person or telehealth visit to notify the patient of that use, and to review the AI-generated documentation for accuracy afterwards. It was signed on 22 June and takes effect upon passage.
Rhode Island H 7538 is narrow by design. It does not regulate AI in diagnosis or treatment decisions; it regulates AI used to write the record of a visit — the ambient scribes and transcription tools now common in clinical settings.
The Act requires healthcare providers and healthcare facilities that employ artificial intelligence to document an in-person or telehealth visit to notify the patient that AI is being used for that purpose. Lead-sponsored by Representative Teresa Tanzi, it was signed into law on 22 June and takes effect upon passage.
The second duty is the operative one for patient safety. Providers and facilities must review the AI-generated documentation for accuracy after the visit. A clinical note is not a transcript that sits in a drawer: it follows the patient, informs the next clinician, and supports billing and coverage decisions. Placing an explicit post-visit review duty on the provider keeps responsibility for the accuracy of the record with the person who was in the room.
The law forms part of a broader group of AI measures Rhode Island enacted in the same period, several of them concentrated on health and mental health uses.
Rhode Island — what the law requires
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Key requirement. Rhode Island enacted AI regulatory provisions under its commercial-law general-regulatory framework (HB 7350 / SB 2195), signed by the Governor and effective January 1, 2027.
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Sources & citations
- The notification requirement for AI-documented in-person and telehealth visits, the post-visit accuracy review duty, the lead sponsor, the 22 June signing, and that it takes effect upon passage. www.transparencycoalition.ai
- The bill text as introduced. webserver.rilegislature.gov
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