Rhode Island patients would get AI notices on visit notes

In Rhode Island, patients would have to be told when artificial intelligence helps document an in-person visit or a telehealth appointment. The proposal also requires providers to review the AI-generated note for accuracy after the visit, and it would take effect upon passage.

A broad list of clinicians

The bill would create a new chapter in state health law for artificial intelligence used by healthcare providers, with a stated purpose of making sure patients are properly notified. It reaches healthcare facilities as well as individual clinicians, and it defines AI broadly to include natural language processing, language models, reinforcement learning from human feedback and machine learning systems. The rule would apply to physicians, physician assistants, dentists, registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, advanced practice registered nurses, nursing assistants and other licensed health professionals.

The chart note still needs a human check

The notice requirement is limited to AI used to document a visit, not a ban on AI in medicine. But the bill adds a second safeguard too: after the appointment, the provider or facility would have to review the AI-generated documentation for accuracy. For patients, that means the record would not just be produced by software and left alone. It would have to be disclosed, then checked.