Healthcare · HB 1806
WOPR Act
Wellness and Oversight for Psychological Resources Act
- Public Act
- PA 104-0054
- Effective
- August 1, 2025
- Enforced by
- Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)
- Verified
Limits AI in covered therapy to administrative or supplementary support under licensed-professional responsibility; bars independent therapeutic decisions, direct therapeutic communication, and emotion detection.
The WOPR Act requires covered therapy or psychotherapy services to be conducted by a licensed professional. That professional may use AI for defined administrative or supplementary support while remaining responsible for the system’s interactions, outputs, and data use. AI may not make independent therapeutic decisions, communicate therapeutically with clients, detect emotions or mental states, or produce treatment recommendations without the professional’s review and approval.
When a clinician uses AI for supplementary support in a recorded or transcribed therapeutic session, the patient must receive written notice of the AI use and its specific purpose and must consent. IDFPR may investigate suspected violations and assess civil penalties up to $10,000 per violation after a hearing.
What it requires
- Covered therapy or psychotherapy services offered to the public must be conducted by a licensed professional.
- A licensed professional may use AI only for administrative or supplementary support, retaining full responsibility for interactions, outputs, and data use.
- Do not let AI make independent therapeutic decisions, directly communicate therapeutically with clients, generate treatment recommendations without professional review, or detect emotions or mental states.
- For AI-assisted supplementary support in a recorded or transcribed therapeutic session, give written notice of the AI use and its purpose and obtain patient consent.
Who is covered
Individuals and entities providing, advertising, or offering therapy or psychotherapy services to the public in Illinois, including through Internet-based AI, and licensed professionals using AI in that care. A developer is covered when it offers the regulated services.
What the exposure is
Up to $10,000 civil penalty per violation
The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation may assess a civil penalty up to $10,000 per violation after a hearing, based on the degree of harm and circumstances. The Act does not specify an aggregate cap.
Key dates
- January 27, 2025 Filed by Rep. Bob Morgan
- August 1, 2025 Signed as PA 104-0054 — effective immediately
If this applies to you
- Have licensed professionals conduct covered therapy or psychotherapy services.
- Limit AI used by licensed professionals in those services to permitted administrative or supplementary support; block independent therapeutic decisions, therapeutic client communication, and emotion detection.
- Make the licensed professional responsible for interactions, outputs, and data use associated with AI-assisted support.
- When AI assists supplementary support in a recorded or transcribed therapeutic session, provide written notice of its purpose and obtain patient consent.
Primary sources 2
- Bill status HB 1806 — Bill Status & Full Action History
- Public Act Public Act 104-0054 — Full Text (PDF)
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