Oklahoma legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Oklahoma SB2037: Artificial intelligence; requiring informed consent for use by licensed mental health professional or health care provider; authorizing and prohibiting certain uses. Emergency.
Status: In committee, February 3, 2026
What the bill says
An Act relating to artificial intelligence; defining terms; requiring certain informed consent for use of artificial intelligence by licensed mental health professional or licensed health care provider; authorizing and prohibiting certain uses of artificial intelligence; specifying authority to make final decisions; providing administrative penalties; prohibiting certain acts related to therapy or psychotherapy services; authorizing certain investigation and penalties by the Attorney General; providing for codification; and declaring an emergency.
From the introduced text, January 15, 2026:
An Act relating to artificial intelligence; defining terms; requiring certain informed consent for use of artificial intelligence by licensed mental health professional or licensed health care provider; authorizing and prohibiting certain uses of artificial intelligence; specifying authority to make final decisions; providing administrative penalties; prohibiting certain acts related to therapy or psychotherapy services; authorizing certain investigation and penalties by the Attorney General; providing for codification; and declaring an emergency. SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 7101 of Title 63, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: As used in this act: 1. "Administrative support" means tasks performed to assist a licensed mental health professional in the delivery of therapy or Req. No. 3028 Page 1 psychotherapy services that do not involve therapeutic communication. Administrative support includes, but is not limited to, managing appointment scheduling and reminders, processing billing and insurance claims, and drafting general communications related to therapy logistics that do not include therapeutic advice; 2. "Artificial intelligence" means a machine-based system that, for explicit or implicit objectives, infers, from the input it receives, how to generate outputs such as predictions, content, recommendations, or decisions that can influence physical or virtual environments; 3. a. "Consent" means a clear, explicit affirmative act by an individual …