# H 7538 SUBSTITUTE A (Rhode Island) — effective upon passage

For H 7538 SUBSTITUTE A (Rhode Island), effective date is upon passage; what it applies to is healthcare providers and healthcare facilities that employ artificial intelligence to document in-person or telehealth visits, which must notify patients of that use and review the AI-generated documentation for accuracy after the visit, recorded from its source on 2026-09-14.

- **Jurisdiction:** Rhode Island _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Instrument:** H 7538 SUBSTITUTE A _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Short title:** Use of Artificial Intelligence by Healthcare Providers Notification Act _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Effective date:** upon passage _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **What it applies to:** healthcare providers and healthcare facilities that employ artificial intelligence to document in-person or telehealth visits, which must notify patients of that use and review the AI-generated documentation for accuracy after the visit _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Instrument

> 2026 -- H 7538 SUBSTITUTE A Enacted 06/22/2026

### Short title

> RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BY HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS NOTIFICATION ACT

## Source

- http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/PublicLaws/law26/law26199.htm

Last verified: 2026-09-14. Review by: 2026-10-29.
Part of [AI law and regulation effective dates by jurisdiction](https://referencesource.org/ai-regulation-effective-dates/).