Nevada AB 406 (AI can't pose as a therapist)
Nevada AB 406 — Prohibition on AI Posing as a Professional Mental Health Provider (NRS ch. 433)
Nevada · 2025 Nev. Stat., AB 406, Sec. 7 (new section of NRS ch. 433)
- Status
- In effect
- Took effect
- July 1, 2025
- Applies to
- Artificial intelligence providers making AI systems available for use in Nevada, and natural persons representing themselves as qualified mental/behavioral health providers.
- Enforced by
- Division of Public and Behavioral Health, Nevada Department of Health and Human Services.
Nevada prohibits an AI provider from making available in the state an AI system that is specifically programmed to provide a service that would amount to the practice of professional mental or behavioral health care if a person did it. AI providers also may not state or imply that their AI system can provide such care or that it is a therapist, counselor, psychiatrist, or doctor. The state must publish educational materials directing people to licensed care. Genuine self-help materials and AI used by licensed providers for administrative tasks are not prohibited.
Who is protected: Nevada consumers who might be misled into receiving purported mental or behavioral health care from an AI system.
Legal detail
AB 406 (2025), Sec. 7, added a new section to NRS Chapter 433 barring AI providers from offering AI systems programmed to deliver what would be professional mental/behavioral health care, and from representing such systems (or themselves) as qualified providers, with a civil penalty of up to $15,000 per violation.
Key facts
| Jurisdiction | Nevada |
|---|---|
| Level | State |
| Strength | Limited |
| Enacted | June 5, 2025 |
| Citation | 2025 Nev. Stat., AB 406, Sec. 7 (new section of NRS ch. 433) |
| Private right of action | No, agency enforcement only |
| Penalties | A civil penalty of up to $15,000 per violation for violating the prohibitions; recovered penalties are deposited in the State General Fund. |
| Topics | healthcare AI · consumer protection |
| Bill text | Nevada Assembly Bill 406, Enrolled (83rd Session, 2025) |
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Related healthcare AI rules elsewhere
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- RI Therapy Chatbot Ban (2026) · In effect
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