US AI Law Tracker: Rhode Island | AI Law Center

State/Terr	AI Scope	Relevant Law	Law Link	Effective Date	Key Requirements	Enforcements & Penalties
Rhode Island	AI Healthcare	Oversight of Artificial Intelligence Technology in Mental Health Care Act	S 2197	6/22/2026	• Prohibits licensed professionals from using certain forms of AI to assist in providing supplementary support in therapy or psychotherapy services unless proper notice and consent is obtained. • Prohibits licensed professionals from allowing AI to make independent therapeutic decisions, directly interact with clients in any form of therapeutic communication, generate therapeutic recommendations ro treatment plans, or detect emotions or mental states. • Prohibits individuals, corporations, or entities from advertising or offering therapy or psychotherapy service to the public (including through the use of Internet-based AI) unless the therapy services are conducted by a licensed professional. • Carves out exceptions for religious counseling, peer support, self help materials, publicly available educational resources, patient consent research, and any AI system developed by federal agencies. .	Not specified for AI provisions, but injunction and/or revocation of license likely in scope.
Rhode Island	User-Facing AI	Oversight of Artificial Intelligence Technology in Mental Health Care Act	S 2197	6/22/2026	• Prohibits individuals, corporations, or entities from advertising or offering therapy or psychotherapy service to the public (including through the use of Internet-based AI) unless the therapy services are conducted by a licensed professional.	• Not Specified
Rhode Island	User-Facing AI	Artificial Intelligence Companion Models	S 2195	1/1/2027	• Requires operators of a "companion chatbot" to: - Issue a clear and conspicuous notification indicating that the user is not communicating with a human at the beginning of any AI companion interaction and at least every three (3) hours for continuing AI companion interactions; - Maintain a protocol for addressing possible suicidal ideation or self-harm or possible physical harm to others expressed by the user (including a notification to the user that refers them to crisis service providers such as a suicide hotline); - Beginning July 1, 2027, report annually to the attorney general the number of safety protocol activations and related metrics.	• Up to $15,000 per day
Rhode Island	AI in Political Advertising	Deceptive and Fraudulent Synthetic Media in Election Communications	General Laws, Title 17-30-1 to 4	7/2/2025	• Prohibits certain persons from distributing synthetic media that the person knows or should know is deceptive and fraudulent deepfake of a candidate for elected office within 90 days of an election unless the synthetic media message includes a clear and conspicuous disclosure stating that the media has been manipulated or generated by AI.	Provides possible injunctive or other equitable relief from injuries.
Rhode Island	Automated Decision-Making	Rhode Island Data Transparency and Privacy Protection Act	R.I. Gen. Law § 6-48.1-1 et seq.	1/1/2026	• Provides consumers the right to opt-out of any form of solely automated processing performed on personal information to evaluate, analyze, or predict personal aspects related to an identified or identifiable individual’s economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location, or movements in furtherance of solely automated decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning the consumer (i.e., the provision or denial of financial or lending services, housing, insurance, education enrollment or opportunity, criminal justice, employment opportunities, healthcare services, or access to essential goods or services). • Requires a data protection assessment of each processing activity involving such automated processing of personal data in certain circumstances. Other obligations and restrictions may apply depending on the type of data processed.	Up to $10,000 per violation.
Rhode Island	AI Healthcare	Use of Artificial Intelligence by Healthcare Providers Notification Act	H 7538	6/22/2026	• Requires all healthcare providers who use artificial intelligence to document in-person or telehealth visits to notify patients of AI-use for documentation purposes. Healthcare providers are also responsible for reviewing each AI-generated report for accuracy.	Not Specified

State/Terr

AI Scope

Relevant Law

Law Link

Effective Date

Key Requirements

Enforcements & Penalties

Rhode Island

AI Healthcare

Oversight of Artificial Intelligence Technology in Mental Health Care Act

S 2197

6/22/2026

• Prohibits licensed professionals from using certain forms of AI to assist in providing supplementary support in therapy or psychotherapy services unless proper notice and consent is obtained.

• Prohibits licensed professionals from allowing AI to make independent therapeutic decisions, directly interact with clients in any form of therapeutic communication, generate therapeutic recommendations ro treatment plans, or detect emotions or mental states.

• Prohibits individuals, corporations, or entities from advertising or offering therapy or psychotherapy service to the public (including through the use of Internet-based AI) unless the therapy services are conducted by a licensed professional.
• Carves out exceptions for religious counseling, peer support, self help materials, publicly available educational resources, patient consent research, and any AI system developed by federal agencies. .

Not specified for AI provisions, but injunction and/or revocation of license likely in scope.

Rhode Island

User-Facing AI

Oversight of Artificial Intelligence Technology in Mental Health Care Act

S 2197

6/22/2026

• Not Specified

Rhode Island

User-Facing AI

Artificial Intelligence Companion Models

S 2195

1/1/2027

• Requires operators of a "companion chatbot" to:

- Issue a clear and conspicuous notification indicating that the user is not communicating with a human at the beginning of any AI companion interaction and at least every three (3) hours for continuing AI companion interactions;
- Maintain a protocol for addressing possible suicidal ideation or self-harm or possible physical harm to others expressed by the user (including a notification to the user that refers them to crisis service providers such as a suicide hotline);
- Beginning July 1, 2027, report annually to the attorney general the number of safety protocol activations and related metrics.

• Up to $15,000 per day

Rhode Island

AI in Political Advertising

Deceptive and Fraudulent Synthetic Media in Election Communications

General Laws, Title 17-30-1 to 4

7/2/2025

• Prohibits certain persons from distributing synthetic media that the person knows or should know is deceptive and fraudulent deepfake of a candidate for elected office within 90 days of an election unless the synthetic media message includes a clear and conspicuous disclosure stating that the media has been manipulated or generated by AI.

Provides possible injunctive or other equitable relief from injuries.

Rhode Island

Automated Decision-Making

Rhode Island Data Transparency and Privacy Protection Act

R.I. Gen. Law § 6-48.1-1 et seq.

1/1/2026

• Provides consumers the right to opt-out of any form of solely automated processing performed on personal information to evaluate, analyze, or predict personal aspects related to an identified or identifiable individual’s economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location, or movements in furtherance of solely automated decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning the consumer (i.e., the provision or denial of financial or lending services, housing, insurance, education enrollment or opportunity, criminal justice, employment opportunities, healthcare services, or access to essential goods or services).

• Requires a data protection assessment of each processing activity involving such automated processing of personal data in certain circumstances.

Other obligations and restrictions may apply depending on the type of data processed.

Up to $10,000 per violation.

Rhode Island

AI Healthcare

Use of Artificial Intelligence by Healthcare Providers Notification Act

H 7538

6/22/2026

• Requires all healthcare providers who use artificial intelligence to document in-person or telehealth visits to notify patients of AI-use for documentation purposes. Healthcare providers are also responsible for reviewing each AI-generated report for accuracy.

Not Specified

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