Maryland 2026 Session Status: Introduced 7 D cosponsors

HB0995 — Health Occupations - Behavioral Health Care Providers - Use of Artificial Intelligence

Last action — Committee Report (House of Origin) — Withdrawn

  1. 1
    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House of Delegates
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been introduced in the House of Delegates. Introduced February 06, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

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Odds of enactment

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Summary

Prohibiting behavioral health care providers from using artificial intelligence to provide behavioral health care to a patient; authorizing a behavioral health care provider to use a system that employs artificial intelligence in performing administrative support tasks under certain circumstances; and requiring a behavioral health care provider to obtain certain informed consent from patients if the provider uses a certain system that employs artificial intelligence under certain circumstances.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Committee Report (House of Origin) — Withdrawn

  2. Hearing (Primary, House of Origin)

  3. First Reading (House of Origin)

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 6 co-sponsors · 181 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (6)

Not signed on (181)

181 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Subjects

healthcare technology
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Frequently asked questions

What does HB0995 do?
Prohibiting behavioral health care providers from using artificial intelligence to provide behavioral health care to a patient; authorizing a behavioral health care provider to use a system that employs artificial intelligence in performing administrative support tasks under certain circumstances; and requiring a behavioral health care provider to obtain certain informed consent from patients if the provider uses a certain system that employs artificial intelligence under certain circumstances.
Who sponsors HB0995?
HB0995 is sponsored by Delegate Jamila J. Woods (Democrat), Delegate Julian Ivey (Democrat), Delegate Aaron M. Kaufman (Democrat), Delegate Cheryl E. Pasteur (Democrat), Delegate Edith J. Patterson (Democrat), Delegate Denise Roberts (Democrat), and Delegate Gary Simmons (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB0995?
This bill has been introduced in the House of Delegates. Introduced February 06, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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