Draft bill 644 would ban AI‑provided therapy, restrict chatbots and set civil penalties Draft bill 644, presented to the committee, would bar offering or advertising AI‑provided mental health services in Vermont, require that therapeutic communications be delivered by licensed humans, cite academic findings of chatbot harms and deaths in bill findings, and assign enforcement authority to the attorney general and professional regulators.

Vermont's draft bill 644 aims to protect mental health patients by banning AI-driven therapy and imposing hefty penalties for violations, citing alarming research on chatbot-related harms.

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