Law / United States / California
Healthcare AI Patient-Communication Disclosure Act (AB 3030)
Cal. Health and Safety Code Section 1339.75
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In force since 1 January 2025.
An AI sector rules rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 8 September 2026.
What it requires
- If you are a health facility, clinic, physician's office, or office of a group practice using generative AI to produce written or verbal patient communications about clinical information, include a disclaimer that the communication was generated by generative artificial intelligence
- Place that disclaimer at the start of a written letter or email, displayed throughout an ongoing chat, video, or telehealth interaction, or spoken at the start and end of an audio interaction, depending on the communication's format
- In each such communication, give clear instructions describing how the patient can reach a human health care provider or other appropriate person
- Both duties do not apply where a licensed or certified human health care provider reads and reviews the AI-generated communication before it is sent
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureNo
Private right of actionNo
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
A violation by a licensed health facility is enforced through the licensing article at Health and Safety Code Section 1275 et seq., and a violation by a licensed clinic through Section 1225 et seq.; a violation by a physician falls under the jurisdiction of the Medical Board of California or the Osteopathic Medical Board of California, as appropriate. The section states no separate civil penalty.
What it reaches
Obligation class
Disclosure
What this law does
Drafted with AI from the cited sources under the direction of UnGovr staff. UnGovr holds editorial responsibility for this page.
Chapter 2.13 of the Health and Safety Code, added by AB 3030 (Stats.
2024, Ch. 848) and effective 1 January 2025 per the code's own history note, requires a health facility, clinic, physician's office, or office of a group practice that uses generative artificial intelligence to generate written or verbal patient communications about clinical information to include, in each such communication, a disclaimer that it was generated by generative artificial intelligence and clear instructions for reaching a human health care provider.
The disclaimer's placement is format-specific: prominently at the start of a letter or email, displayed throughout an ongoing chat, video, or telehealth interaction, and spoken at the start and end of an audio interaction. Both duties fall away where a licensed or certified human health care provider reads and reviews the AI-generated communication before it is sent.
A violation by a licensed health facility or clinic is enforced through the same licensing-enforcement articles that already govern those facilities, and a violation by a physician falls under the jurisdiction of the Medical Board of California or the Osteopathic Medical Board of California.
The duty reaches a 'health facility' as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 1250, a definition that expressly includes government-operated facilities such as a general acute care hospital operated by the State Department of Developmental Services, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, or the Department of Veterans Affairs, so the duty is not limited to privately owned providers. Confirmed against leginfo's codified text of Section 1339.75.
When LexLint raises it
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Read the law
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