Law / United States / 
Illinois
Wellness and Oversight for Psychological Resources Act
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In force since 1 August 2025.
An AI sector rules rule binding private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What it requires
- Do not provide, advertise, or offer therapy or psychotherapy services to the public in Illinois through artificial intelligence unless a licensed professional is the one actually conducting the therapy.
- If you are a licensed professional, do not let artificial intelligence make an independent therapeutic decision, interact directly with a client in therapeutic communication, generate a treatment plan without your review and approval, or detect a client's emotions or mental state.
- Give written notice and obtain the patient's consent before using artificial intelligence to record or transcribe a therapy session.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureNo
Penalty structure
The Department of Financial and Professional Regulation assesses a civil penalty of up to $10,000 per violation after a hearing, based on the degree of harm and the circumstances of the violation; the Act creates no private right of action.
- Rule
- Fixed only
- As of
- 6 September 2026
- Currency
- USD
- Fixed cap
- 10,000
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
Enforcement record
The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation publishes a separate monthly Consolidated Report of licensee discipline rather than one combined register; twelve have issued since the Act's August 1, 2025 effective date (August 2025 through July 2026, indexed at idfpr.illinois.gov/news/disciplines/discreports.html; the August 2026 report is not yet published), and none lists a disciplined licensee, cease-and-desist order, or civil penalty citing the Wellness and Oversight for Psychological Resources Act, artificial intelligence, or unlicensed AI therapy. Three of the twelve contain the word wellness, in two unrelated business names (Renue Spa and Wellness, September 2025; Fusion Rx Health and Wellness, October 2025) and once in a description of a routine physical wellness examination (February 2026), none reaching this Act. actions_per_year is read from the most recent of the twelve, July 2026.
- As of
- 17 September 2026
- Source link
- https://idfpr.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idfpr/forms/discpln/2026-07enf.pdf
What it reaches
How the hook was established
express
What makes it apply
Market targeting
Obligation class
Prohibition, Disclosure, Consent
What it makes you log
Logging duty
Section 15(b) permits a licensed professional to use artificial intelligence to record or transcribe a therapy session only after the patient is informed in writing and consents; it conditions an optional recording on notice and consent rather than requiring one to be made, kept, or produced for oversight. Section 25 addresses confidentiality of records a licensed professional already keeps under the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act; it restricts disclosure rather than creating a new duty to log or document artificial intelligence's use in therapy.
- Kind
- None
- As of
- 21 September 2026
Who checks it
Audit expectation
none
What this law does
Drafted with AI from the cited sources under the direction of UnGovr staff. UnGovr holds editorial responsibility for this page.
Section 20(a) bars any individual, corporation, or entity from providing, advertising, or offering therapy or psychotherapy services to the public in Illinois, including through internet-based artificial intelligence, unless the services are conducted by a licensed professional.
A licensed professional may only use AI for administrative or supplementary support, and may never let AI make an independent therapeutic decision, interact directly with a client in therapeutic communication, generate a treatment plan without the professional's review and approval, or detect a client's emotions or mental state; using AI to record or transcribe a session requires prior written notice and the patient's consent.
The Department of Financial and Professional Regulation may assess a civil penalty of up to $10,000 per violation after a hearing, with religious counseling, peer support, and public self-help material exempted.
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Read the law
official text, Public Act 104-0054, Illinois General Assembly (ilga.gov)
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