Assembly Bill 406 (2025): artificial intelligence in mental and behavioral health care and in public schools

Record US-NV-01 · Assembly Bill 406 (83rd Session, 2025); reported as Statutes of Nevada 2025, Chapter 283

Issued by: Nevada Legislature (83rd Session, 2025); signed by Governor Joe Lombardo
Jurisdiction: Nevada (US)
Level · region: Sub-national · North America
Country: United States
Published / adopted: 2025-06-05
In force: 2025-07-01
Language: English
Official identifier: Assembly Bill 406 (83rd Session, 2025); reported as Statutes of Nevada 2025, Chapter 283

Summary

Prohibits providers of AI systems from offering a system specifically programmed to provide services that would constitute the practice of professional mental or behavioral health care, and from representing that an AI system can provide such care, subject to civil penalties of up to USD 15,000 per violation. Licensed providers may not use AI to deliver care directly to patients, may use it for administrative support, and must independently review AI-generated reports. Public schools may not use AI to perform the mental-health duties of school counsellors, psychologists or social workers, and the Department of Education must adopt an AI-use policy.

Safety topics

human oversightprohibited practicesaccountability & liabilitychild safety

Open question

the checker found something possibly newer: {'url': 'https://archive.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB406_EN.pdf', 'reason': 'official page found by the targeted search for a newer or fuller text; not stored'}; the checker gave no verdict for date_published; date_published has no evidence Issue #139

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Status notes

Reported as signed on 5 Jun 2025 and effective 1 Jul 2025; the law amends NRS chapters 391, 433 and 629. Sponsored by Assemblymember Jackson. One of the first state laws, with Illinois HB 1806, to bar AI from delivering therapy.

Sources

Secondary source: https://naswnv.socialworkers.org/Professional-Development/AI-Regulation

Local copy

Partial (secondary source only). No official URL is recorded; only the secondary source was saved. Last attempt 2026-10-17 23:06:09 UTC

Secondary source (third-party copy, not published) archive/US-NV-01/2026-10-11/secondary.html

Retrieved 2026-10-11 19:38:37 UTC

SHA-256 8dac3344e56270e3866fe0cc811bb116059895e8a3ba8cbb57eb5cea8d5a73ea

Verification

Not confirmed on an official page; the record rests on secondary sources. Check it before citing. checked 2026-10-18 · search-confirmed

CAUTION: no official source is stored. Recheck of 18 Oct 2026: the only stored file is the NASW Nevada Chapter's page on AB 406 (stored 11 Oct 2026; a professional association, counted as secondary), which quotes sections 2, 7 and 8 of the bill and supports the provisions, the USD 15,000 civil penalty, the sponsor and that the bill became law, but gives no date, chapter number or session. The signing date (5 Jun 2025), the effective date (1 Jul 2025), the 83rd Session, the Governor's name, the NRS chapters amended and the chapter number rest on no stored file; search results disagree on the chapter number (283 or 164). The enrolled bill on archive.leg.state.nv.us and the Nevada Legislature's list of bills signed by the Governor were requested in this run; both refused the archiver with HTTP 403, also on the browser retry, so official_url stays null and no official source is stored.

Second check: Independent check by Claude Code (claude-sonnet-5-5), 2026-10-18: 5 field(s) supported.

History

2026-10-18Re-verified against its sources, no change — pipeline run 2026-10-18-recheck-north-america-2 (recheck), candidate US-NV-012026-10-18-recheck-north-america-2 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)

Related records

Illinois AI therapy ban (HB 1806) Illinois (US) · In force

Maine AI therapy restriction law (LD 2082) Maine (US) · In force

Vermont AI in mental health services law (Act 156) Vermont (US) · In force

Citation

Nevada Legislature (83rd Session, 2025); signed by Governor Joe Lombardo. Assembly Bill 406 (2025): artificial intelligence in mental and behavioral health care and in public schools [Assembly Bill 406 (83rd Session, 2025); reported as Statutes of Nevada 2025, Chapter 283]. 2025-06-05. Status: In force; verified 2026-10-18 (level C). Local copy archive/US-NV-01/2026-10-11/secondary.html retrieved 2026-10-11 19:38:37 UTC, SHA-256 8dac3344e56270e3866fe0cc811bb116059895e8a3ba8cbb57eb5cea8d5a73ea. Every AI Policy Ever, version 1.18 (snapshot 2026-10-18), record US-NV-01.

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