AI Frontier Institute

Relative to AI health communications and informed patient consent

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House Bill No. 1210 (194th General Court, 2025-2026) has not been enacted. It was referred to the Joint Committee on Financial Services, and the latest history entry says it "accompanied a study order, see H5066". If enacted, it would do three things. (1) SECTION 1 would amend Section 70E of Chapter 111 of the General Laws, the patient rights provision, by adding a new subsection (b ½). Patients would have the right to be told when information they receive, verbally or in writing, was generated by artificial intelligence. They would also have the right to instructions on how to contact a human healthcare provider if their provider had not previously reviewed and approved that information. (2) SECTION 2 would amend Section 6 of Chapter 176O by inserting a new subsection (9 ½). It would require a disclosure when AI algorithms or automated decision tools are or will be used in the claims review process. The disclosure must summarize which tools are used and how they are used throughout that process. (3) SECTION 3 would amend Section 12 of Chapter 176O by adding a subsection (g). Each carrier would have to submit a form to the division of insurance by December 31 each year. The form would detail the AI algorithms and data training sets currently used, or to be used, in utilization review. Carriers would also have to submit an attestation that these algorithms and training sets have minimized the risk of bias based on the covered person's race, color, religious creed, ancestry, age, sex, gender, national origin, handicap or disability, and that they adhere to evidence-based clinical guidelines.

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