New Year, New AI Rules: Healthcare AI Laws Now in Effect

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : On December 11, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order, titled "Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence" (the AI Executive Order), that aims to preempt state AI laws and establish a "single national framework" for AI regulation.
59% : As healthcare organizations ring in 2026, they will also be ringing in a new era of AI regulation.
56% : Healthcare organizations developing, deploying, or using AI should consider the following as the new year begins: The patchwork of state AI regulation is only going to grow more complex, and the December 11 AI Executive Order adds a new layer of federal-state tension.
44% : The order directs the U.S. Attorney General to establish an AI Litigation Task Force within 30 days, charged with challenging state AI laws that the administration deems inconsistent with federal policy -- including on grounds that such laws unconstitutionally regulate interstate commerce or are preempted by federal regulations.
42% : The patchwork of state regulation that prompted this AI Executive Order is unlikely to disappear overnight, and healthcare organizations operating in multiple states will need to navigate this evolving legal landscape carefully.
33% : The U.S. Secretary of Commerce must identify "onerous" state AI laws within 90 days, and the order specifically calls out Colorado's AI Act as an example of problematic state regulation.

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