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Oklahoma House Bill 1915 Establishes Regulations for Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare

Original title: Artificial intelligence; AI devices in health care; qualified end-user; deployer; quality assurance program; State Department of Health; effective date.

Last action · February 4, 2025: Second Reading referred to Rules

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What This Bill Proposed

Oklahoma House Bill 1915 requires hospitals, physician practices, and healthcare facilities using artificial intelligence in patient care to ensure devices are used exclusively by licensed physicians, maintain quality assurance programs, and undergo continuous performance monitoring starting November 1, 2025.

Why it matters

Sets mandatory clinical governance standards, data review rules, and state enforcement mechanisms for medical facilities deploying artificial intelligence tools in patient diagnosis and treatment.

Background
  • State Department of Health agencies oversee public health regulations, licensing, and compliance standards across various medical facilities. context

Who It Would Have Affected

Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

hospitals and health care facilities

Must implement quality assurance programs, establish governance groups, maintain device inventories, and ensure compliance under penalty of State Department of Health fines.

Directly affected

licensed physicians

Must review and validate AI-generated data, maintain sole authority to override outputs, and complete specific device training.

Directly affected

State Department of Health

Tasked with enforcing the act, promulgating rules, and setting penalties for noncompliance.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who is permitted to use healthcare AI devices under this bill?
Only a , defined as a licensed physician with the necessary qualifications and training to independently provide the same procedure without the AI device, and who has specific training in using the device.
Can a doctor ignore or overrule an AI medical device output?
Yes, s retain the full authority to amend or overrule device outputs based on professional judgment, free from pressure by the or any other entity.
Which agency is responsible for enforcing these rules?
The State Department of Health is authorized to enforce the act, make rules, and set penalties for noncompliance.

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Where This Stands

This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.

Procedural history

3 actions
  1. Feb 4, 2025HouseCommittee
    Second Reading referred to Rules
  2. Feb 3, 2025House
    Authored by Representative Alonso-Sandoval
  3. Feb 3, 2025HouseIntroduced
    First Reading

Version history

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Lobbying Activity

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Full breakdown

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Discoveries

1 pattern noticed across the record

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policy shift95% confidence

Establishment of State AI Clinical Oversight

The bill shifts Oklahoma towards direct statutory regulation of clinical AI tools, mandating hospital governance groups and explicit physician override authority.

Connected Entities

Alonso-Sandoval, State Department of Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration and 1 more
PersonAlonso-Sandoval“Author of House Bill 1915”Map →
OrganizationState Department of Health“Authorized to enforce the act, make rules, and set penalties for noncompliance”Map →
OrganizationU.S. Food and Drug Administration“Establishes federal regulations for medical devices”Map →
otherFederal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act“Defines medical devices under Section 201(h)(1)”Map →

Sources

Open source document

www.oklegislature.gov

Analysis Score

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  • Significance20
    Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 80)
  • Controversy45
    Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
  • Entertainment5
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  • Buzz50
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