Push to regulate AI in health care gains steam in states

States ramped up efforts to regulate artificial intelligence in health care this year, moving from exploratory debates to concrete legislation.

Lawmakers in 46 states introduced more than 250 bills addressing AI’s role in health care. Seventeen states enacted 27 of those measures, with three more awaiting California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) signature, according to consulting firm Manatt.

It is a sharp shift from previous years, when only a handful of state AI bills touched on health care — and most of those simply set up study commissions. Analysts expect the momentum to continue as lawmakers gain a clearer sense of the technology’s potential and risks.

In Pennsylvania on Monday, a bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation that would provide new regulations for how AI is utili