Illinois HB 1806 (Therapy Resources Oversight 2025)

• Authority: Illinois
• Parent authority: State governments
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. state and local documents
• Most recent activity: Enacted
• Most recent activity date: 2025-08-01

Risk subdomain coverage

Good coverage — Comprehensive governance measures or mitigations with clear procedures relating to the risk subdomain are explicitly described.

• Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation
• Overreliance and unsafe use
• Loss of human agency and autonomy
• Lack of transparency or interpretability

Minimal coverage — Brief mention but no specific mitigations, recommendations or governance measures relating to the risk subdomain are described.

• Compromise of privacy
• AI pursuing its own goals
• AI possessing dangerous capabilities
• Lack of capability or robustness

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document primarily addresses human-computer interaction risks (5.1, 5.2), AI system safety concerns (7.1, 7.3, 7.4), privacy protection (2.1), and fraud prevention (4.3). The focus is on preventing overreliance on AI in therapeutic settings, ensuring human oversight, requiring transparency through disclosure, and protecting against unauthorized AI-based therapy services.

Sector coverage

Good coverage — Comprehensive governance measures or mitigations with clear procedures relating to the sector are explicitly described.

• Health Care & Social Assistance

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This document exclusively governs the Health Care and Social Assistance sector, specifically regulating AI use in mental health therapy and psychotherapy services. The regulation applies to licensed mental health professionals and entities offering therapeutic services in Illinois.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding state legislative act from the Illinois General Assembly with mandatory obligations, civil penalties up to $10,000 per violation, and enforcement authority granted to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The document is presented as an Act to be enacted by the Illinois General Assembly, which is the state legislative body proposing this governance measure.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Deployer, Affected_Stakeholder
• Summary: The Act applies to licensed professionals who may use AI tools in therapy contexts, as well as any individual, corporation, or entity offering therapy services. It also protects patients receiving therapy services.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The Department is explicitly granted authority to investigate violations, assess civil penalties, and conduct enforcement hearings.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The Department has investigation authority to monitor compliance with the Act's provisions, including the authority to investigate actual, alleged, or suspected violations.

AI Lifecycle Stages

Lifecycle stages covered by the documents, as defined in the OECD Framework for the Classification of AI Systems

• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document focuses primarily on the Deploy and Operate and Monitor stages of AI lifecycle. It establishes requirements for how AI tools may be deployed by licensed professionals in therapeutic settings and mandates ongoing professional oversight during operation. It does not address early development stages like planning, data collection, or model building.

Technical Scope

Terms relating to technical scope that are mentioned or implicitly referenced in the document

• AI Systems

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly mentions 'artificial intelligence tools or systems' but does not specify particular types of AI such as models, foundation models, generative AI, or compute thresholds. The scope is general AI systems used in therapeutic contexts.