{"slug": "how-budding-laws-on-ai-and-mental-health-could-go-the-route-of-federal-floor", "title": "How Budding Laws On AI And Mental Health Could Go The Route Of ‘Federal Floor, State Ceiling’", "summary": "U.S. states are enacting AI mental health laws, with a federal version in the offing, according to a Forbes Innovation analysis by contributor Lance Eliot. Eliot writes that one approach would be a \"federal floor, state ceiling\" model for regulating AI in mental health. The analysis does not specify which states have passed such laws or the number of them.", "body_md": "# How Budding Laws On AI And Mental Health Could Go The Route Of ‘Federal Floor, State Ceiling’\n\nBy Lance Eliot, ContributorSource: \n\n[Forbes Innovation](https://www.forbes.com/innovation/)\nU.S. states are enacting AI mental health laws. A federal version is in the offing. One approach would be to do a \"federal floor, state ceiling\". An AI Insider analysis.\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-budding-laws-on-ai-and-mental-health-could-go-the-route-of-federal-floor", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/how-budding-laws-on-ai-and-mental-health-could-go-the-route-wtbw", "published_at": "2026-09-21 07:15:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-21 07:54:32.363856+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-ethics", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Forbes", "Lance Eliot"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-budding-laws-on-ai-and-mental-health-could-go-the-route-of-federal-floor", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-budding-laws-on-ai-and-mental-health-could-go-the-route-of-federal-floor.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-budding-laws-on-ai-and-mental-health-could-go-the-route-of-federal-floor.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-budding-laws-on-ai-and-mental-health-could-go-the-route-of-federal-floor.jsonld"}}