{"id":"618f9cd7d3c80fd9","congress_number":119,"bill_type":"hr","bill_number":"10210","title":"Doctors Not AI Act of 2026","plain_summary":"This bill would restrict AI from substituting for licensed physicians, likely barring AI systems from making final medical decisions such as coverage denials or diagnoses without doctor involvement. It matters because insurers and providers are rapidly adopting algorithmic decision-making in care.","ai_relevance_score":0.9,"topics":["healthcare_ai","safety","liability","transparency"],"status":"committee","introduced_at":"2026-09-01","last_action_at":"2026-09-01","last_action_text":"Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.","sponsor_id":"L000601","full_text_url":null,"created_at":"2026-09-08T22:53:58.186Z","updated_at":"2026-09-09T02:08:29.132Z","ai_reasoning":null,"reported_at":null,"passed_house_at":null,"passed_senate_at":null,"became_law_at":null,"recorded_votes":[],"classifier":null,"url":"https://whovotedwhy.com/bills/618f9cd7d3c80fd9","congress_gov_url":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10210","sponsor":{"id":"L000601","bioguide_id":"L000601","first_name":"Greg","last_name":"Landsman","full_name":"Greg Landsman","party":"D","state":"OH","chamber":"house","district":"1","title":"Representative","photo_url":null,"twitter_handle":"repgreglandsman","official_website":"https://landsman.house.gov","fec_candidate_ids":["H2OH01194"],"lis_id":null,"is_active":true,"term_start":"2025-01-03","term_end":"2027-01-03","created_at":"2026-09-08T22:51:51.014Z","updated_at":"2026-09-09T02:08:13.531Z"},"roll_calls":[],"citing_statements":[{"id":"b05ab7053aacdbac","politician_id":"B001321","type":"press_release","content":"Washington, D.C. — Today, Congressmen Tom Barrett (MI-07), Greg Landsman (OH-01), Buddy Carter (GA-01), and Kim Schrier (WA-08) introduced the bipartisan Doctors Not AI Act to ensure that artificial intelligence cannot make or dictate health insurance coverage decisions involving medical judgment. The bill would require a qualified, licensed health care professional, exercising independent clinical judgment, to make any decision that a particular procedure, treatment, or prescription is not medically necessary.\n\n“Artificial intelligence should never replace the judgment of a doctor,” said Barrett. “When it comes to someone’s health and well-being, the outcome is too important to leave it up to an algorithm. This bill makes sure doctors — not AI — remain responsible for determining what care patients need while bringing greater transparency to the use of these technologies in health insurance.”\n\n“When a computer system is making decisions about health care, people will get hurt,” said Landsman. “We have to make sure health care professionals remain the decision makers. If not, folks will be left with massive bills, their health getting worse, or even life-threatening consequences.”\n\nThe Doctors Not AI Act:\n\nEnsures AI is used only in a supporting role and requires independent clinical judgment for decisions about whether care is medically necessary;\n\nRequires insurers to include AI-generated outputs in the administrative record, disclose the use of AI systems in the claims review process, and make the documentation available to patients; and\n\nPromotes fair coverage for mental health treatment by preventing disproportionate algorithmic scrutiny of care for mental health and substance use disorders.","url":"https://barrett.house.gov/media/press-releases/barrett-helps-introduce-bipartisan-bill-protect-patients-ai-insurance-denials","published_at":"2026-09-01","ai_topics":["regulation","transparency","liability","bias"],"ai_stance":"support","ai_summary":"Barrett's bipartisan Doctors Not AI Act would bar AI from making medical-necessity insurance denials and require disclosure of AI use.","ai_processed":true,"bill_ids":["618f9cd7d3c80fd9"],"ai_relevance_score":null,"bill_refs":[{"bill_id":"618f9cd7d3c80fd9","method":"title"}],"classifier":null},{"id":"5cf0248c505321b9","politician_id":"L000601","type":"press_release","content":"Cincinnati, OH – Today, Congressman Greg Landsman (D-OH-01), Congressman Buddy Carter (R-GA-01), Congresswoman Kim Schrier (D-WA-08), and Congressman Tom Barrett (R-MI-07) introduced bipartisan legislation to prevent artificial intelligence from making health care decisions that should be made by qualified health care professionals.\n\nHealth care systems are increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) to evaluate claims and determine if certain health care for patients is “medical necessity. This has led to denials of claims – impacting mental health coverage, cancer treatment, hospital stays, and more.\n\nIn response, Representatives Landsman, Carter, Schrier, and Barrett introduced the bipartisan Doctors Not AI Act – legislation to ensure medical decisions are made by a health professional, not AI.\n\nThe Doctor’s Not AI Act would:\n\n1. Ensure AI is only used in a Supporting Role\n\nPrevents AI from making or issuing harmful determinations involving medical judgment.\n\nAllows insurers to use AI technology to assist with processing claims.\n\nRequires that denials based on medical necessity be made by a licensed health care professional with appropriate expertise.\n\n2. Protect Independent Clinical Judgment\n\nRequires health professionals to independently review each patient’s individual medical circumstances.\n\n3. Increase Transparency\n\nRequires disclosure when AI is used in the review process and must be included in the administrative record.\n\nGives patients the right to know if AI has played a role in their insurance denial.\n\n4. Protects Access to Mental Health Care\n\nHelps prevent AI from unfairly denying or limiting mental health and substance use disorder care.\n\nCongressman Landsman:\n\n“When a computer system is making decisions about health care, people will get hurt. We have to make sure health care professionals remain the decision makers.If not, folks will be left with massive bills, their health getting worse, or even life-threatening consequences.”\n\nCongressman Carter:\n\n“Every patient’s medical needs are unique and decisions about their care require the judgment of a qualified health care professional, not an algorithm. While AI can help make the claims process more efficient, it should never have the final say in denying someone access to medically necessary care. I am proud to co-lead the Doctors Not AI Act to put patients first, preserve independent clinical judgment, and bring greater transparency and accountability to insurers’ use of AI.”\n\nCongressman Schrier, M.D.:\n\n“It is critical that doctors, not automated systems or AI-powered models, are in charge of critical healthcare decisions for their patients. We are now seeing insurers implement automated systems that can make dangerous decisions about a patient’s health, coverage, and treatment plans. Medical decisions should be made by health professionals, and we need oversight and transparency now to keep Americans safe and healthy.”\n\nCongressman Barrett:\n\n“Artificial intelligence should never replace the judgment of a doctor. When it comes to someone’s health and well-being, the outcome is too important to leave it up to an algorithm. This bill makes sure doctors — not AI — remain responsible for determining what care patients need while bringing greater transparency to the use of these technologies in health insurance.”\n\nCraig Obey, Senior Vice President of Federal Affairs at Inseparable\n\n“Insurance coverage decisions that affect someone’s mental healthcare, cancer treatment, or hospital stay should never be dictated by an algorithm. AI should be used responsibly and only as a supplementary tool, not substitute for the informed judgment of trained clinicians about the care patients need. The DNAI Act will ensure that patients are protected through a more transparent, fair, and honest system.”\n\nRead the bill text HERE.\n\n###","url":"https://landsman.house.gov/posts/landsman-introduces-bipartisan-legislation-to-keep-ai-from-making-health-care-decisions","published_at":"2026-09-01","ai_topics":["regulation","transparency","liability","bias"],"ai_stance":"support","ai_summary":"Landsman's Doctors Not AI Act would keep licensed clinicians, not algorithms, in charge of medical-necessity decisions with transparency for patients.","ai_processed":true,"bill_ids":["618f9cd7d3c80fd9"],"ai_relevance_score":null,"bill_refs":[{"bill_id":"618f9cd7d3c80fd9","method":"title"}],"classifier":null},{"id":"51db452dd98e1c3d","politician_id":"S001216","type":"press_release","content":"WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08), Congressman Greg Landsman (D-OH-01), Congressman Buddy Carter (R-GA-01), and Congressman Tom Barrett (R-MI-07) introduced bipartisan legislation to prevent artificial intelligence from making health care decisions that should be made by qualified health care professionals.\n\nHealth care systems are increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) to evaluate claims and determine if certain health care for patients is “medical necessity. This has led to denials of claims – impacting mental health coverage, cancer treatment, hospital stays, and more.\n\nIn response, Representatives Landsman, Carter, Schrier, and Barrett introduced the bipartisan Doctors Not AI Act – legislation to ensure medical decisions are made by a health professional, not AI.\n\nThe Doctor’s Not AI Act would:\n\n1. Ensure AI is only used in a Supporting Role\n\nPrevents AI from making or issuing harmful determinations involving medical judgment.\n\nAllows insurers to use AI technology to assist with processing claims.\n\nRequires that denials based on medical necessity be made by a licensed health care professional with appropriate expertise.\n\n2. Protect Independent Clinical Judgment\n\nRequires health professionals to independently review each patient’s individual medical circumstances.\n\n3. Increase Transparency\n\nRequires disclosure when AI is used in the review process and must be included in the administrative record.\n\nGives patients the right to know if AI has played a role in their insurance denial.\n\n4. Protects Access to Mental Health Care\n\nHelps prevent AI from unfairly denying or limiting mental health and substance use disorder care.\n\nCongressman Schrier, M.D.:\n\n“It is critical that doctors, not automated systems or AI-powered models, are in charge of critical healthcare decisions for their patients. We are now seeing insurers implement automated systems that can make dangerous decisions about a patient’s health, coverage, and treatment plans. Medical decisions should be made by health professionals, and we need oversight and transparency now to keep Americans safe and healthy.”\n\nCongressman Landsman:\n\n“When a computer system is making decisions about health care, people will get hurt. We have to make sure health care professionals remain the decision makers. If not, folks will be left with massive bills, their health getting worse, or even life-threatening consequences.”\n\nCongressman Carter:\n\n“Every patient’s medical needs are unique and decisions about their care require the judgment of a qualified health care professional, not an algorithm. While AI can help make the claims process more efficient, it should never have the final say in denying someone access to medically necessary care. I am proud to co-lead the Doctors Not AI Act to put patients first, preserve independent clinical judgment, and bring greater transparency and accountability to insurers’ use of AI.”\n\nCongressman Barrett:\n\n“Artificial intelligence should never replace the judgment of a doctor. When it comes to someone’s health and well-being, the outcome is too important to leave it up to an algorithm. This bill makes sure doctors — not AI — remain responsible for determining what care patients need while bringing greater transparency to the use of these technologies in health insurance.”\n\nCraig Obey, Senior Vice President of Federal Affairs at Inseparable\n\n“Insurance coverage decisions that affect someone’s mental healthcare, cancer treatment, or hospital stay should never be dictated by an algorithm. AI should be used responsibly and only as a supplementary tool, not substitute for the informed judgment of trained clinicians about the care patients need. The DNAI Act will ensure that patients are protected through a more transparent, fair, and honest system.”\n\nRead the bill text HERE.\n\n###","url":"https://schrier.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-schrier-introduces-bipartisan-legislation-keep-ai-making-health","published_at":"2026-09-01","ai_topics":["regulation","transparency","liability","bias"],"ai_stance":"support","ai_summary":"Schrier's Doctors Not AI Act would require doctors rather than AI systems to make health coverage decisions, with oversight and disclosure.","ai_processed":true,"bill_ids":["618f9cd7d3c80fd9"],"ai_relevance_score":null,"bill_refs":[{"bill_id":"618f9cd7d3c80fd9","method":"title"}],"classifier":null}],"provenance":{"commit":"38624a3af16ec6b3fff9b27c7d1d9f2cb7fe9152","generated_at":"2026-09-11T15:06:57.105Z","schema_version":2,"manifest":"https://whovotedwhy.com/data/index.json"}}