Rhode Island Use of Artificial Intelligence by Healthcare Providers Notification Act (S 2570 Sub A / H 7538 Sub A)

Properties

jurisdiction: US, Rhode Island
level: state
domain: sectoral
status: in-effect
scope: Applies to healthcare providers (physicians, physician assistants, dentists, nurses, and other professionals licensed by the Rhode Island Department of Health) and healthcare facilities that use AI to document in-person or telehealth patient visits.
obligations: Any healthcare provider or facility that employs AI to document in-person or telehealth visits shall notify patients of the use of AI for that sole purpose and review the AI-generated documentation for accuracy after the visit (Sec. 23-106-3).
effectiveDate: 2026-06-22
enactedDate: 2026-06-22
appliesTo: healthcare providers and healthcare facilities in Rhode Island that use AI to document patient visits
officialUrl: https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Billtext/BillText26/SenateText26/S2570A.pdf
notes: Reported by multiple independent secondary sources (mondaq, Healthcare IT News, RecordingLaw, Nixon Peabody client alert, and general news coverage) as signed by Governor Dan McKee on June 22, 2026 as part of the same three-bill Rhode Island AI package as S 2195 Sub A and S 2197 Sub A; this signature date is NOT independently confirmed against a Rhode Island General Assembly or Governor's-office primary status page this round (rilegislature.gov's status-search tool and legiscan's bill-status page both returned errors to automated fetches). The Act's own text confirms it 'shall take effect upon passage' (Section 2), so the 'in-effect' status and effectiveDate field depend entirely on the accuracy of the June 22, 2026 secondary-sourced signature date; if that date is materially wrong, the correct status would be 'enacted-pending' or 'proposed' rather than 'in-effect.' Confirmed the Senate print (LC004719/SUB A) is textually identical in its operative Chapter 106 language to the House companion H 7538 Sub A (LC004720/SUB A); both PDFs were downloaded directly from rilegislature.gov and their extracted page text compared. No penalty or enforcement section exists in the text reviewed, matching secondary reporting that the Act lacks a specified enforcement mechanism; leaving penalties null rather than guessing. First state law identified requiring healthcare providers to notify patients specifically of AI use in clinical documentation (AI scribes), distinct from all other tracked entities.

Properties

jurisdiction

US, Rhode Island

level

state

domain

sectoral

status

in-effect

scope

Applies to healthcare providers (physicians, physician assistants, dentists, nurses, and other professionals licensed by the Rhode Island Department of Health) and healthcare facilities that use AI to document in-person or telehealth patient visits.

obligations

Any healthcare provider or facility that employs AI to document in-person or telehealth visits shall notify patients of the use of AI for that sole purpose and review the AI-generated documentation for accuracy after the visit (Sec. 23-106-3).

effectiveDate

2026-06-22

enactedDate

2026-06-22

appliesTo

healthcare providers and healthcare facilities in Rhode Island that use AI to document patient visits

officialUrl

https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Billtext/BillText26/SenateText26/S2570A.pdf

notes

Reported by multiple independent secondary sources (mondaq, Healthcare IT News, RecordingLaw, Nixon Peabody client alert, and general news coverage) as signed by Governor Dan McKee on June 22, 2026 as part of the same three-bill Rhode Island AI package as S 2195 Sub A and S 2197 Sub A; this signature date is NOT independently confirmed against a Rhode Island General Assembly or Governor's-office primary status page this round (rilegislature.gov's status-search tool and legiscan's bill-status page both returned errors to automated fetches). The Act's own text confirms it 'shall take effect upon passage' (Section 2), so the 'in-effect' status and effectiveDate field depend entirely on the accuracy of the June 22, 2026 secondary-sourced signature date; if that date is materially wrong, the correct status would be 'enacted-pending' or 'proposed' rather than 'in-effect.' Confirmed the Senate print (LC004719/SUB A) is textually identical in its operative Chapter 106 language to the House companion H 7538 Sub A (LC004720/SUB A); both PDFs were downloaded directly from rilegislature.gov and their extracted page text compared. No penalty or enforcement section exists in the text reviewed, matching secondary reporting that the Act lacks a specified enforcement mechanism; leaving penalties null rather than guessing. First state law identified requiring healthcare providers to notify patients specifically of AI use in clinical documentation (AI scribes), distinct from all other tracked entities.