A bill that seeks to ensure those receiving mental health services are being treated by an actual human and not AI, is heading to the full House.

House Bill 455 restricts the use of artificial intelligence and therapy.

The bill's sponsor, Republican State Representative Kim Banta of Fort Mitchell, outlined the restrictions for members of the House Committee on Licensing and Occupations today.

She also told committee members that part of the bill was added in response to a case involving an Ohio teen who took his own life after turning to an AI chat bot for emotional support.

They can't make independent therapeutic decisions.

It can't directly interact with clients.

It can't generate therapeutic recommendations, and it cannot detect emotions or emotional states.

The sub was to change a little bit of the language so that if you Google hey Google, I'm feeling a little depressed.

What should I do?

And Google says, oh, go for a walk, eat a chocolate candy bar or whatever.

That's not counseling.

This is so that someone is that is in a therapeutic session, a psychologist, psychiatrist, whatever cannot turn on.

I charge $500 for it and then review it and act like he was part of that.

Okay, so I just want a human to interact with other humans when we are dealing with mental illness.

The bill passed the committee unanimously and now heads to the House floor for action by the full chamber.

And if the Senate passes it and it's signed into law, it would go into effect immediately.