# How Budding Laws On AI And Mental Health Could Go The Route Of ‘Federal Floor, State Ceiling’

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> Published: 2026-09-21 07:15:00+00:00

# How Budding Laws On AI And Mental Health Could Go The Route Of ‘Federal Floor, State Ceiling’

By Lance Eliot, ContributorSource: 

[Forbes Innovation](https://www.forbes.com/innovation/)
U.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.

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