How New York RAISE Act (Responsible AI Safety and Education Act) applies to healthcare organizations and the obligations to plan for.
Healthcare providers, payers, and health-tech vendors deploying AI for clinical decision support, diagnostics, prior authorization, or patient interaction.
This law applies to healthcare organizations to the extent their AI use falls within the law's scope (see the obligations below). Organizations operating in New York should treat this law as part of the baseline regulatory obligations alongside any sector-specific federal rules.
Large frontier developers must write, implement, comply with, and publish a frontier AI framework for managing catastrophic risk, review it at least annually, and publish material modifications with a justification within 30 days.
Deadline: From January 1, 2027
Before or when deploying a new or substantially modified frontier model, publish a transparency report; large frontier developers include summaries of catastrophic-risk assessments, their results, and third-party evaluator involvement.
Deadline: Before deployment
Report a critical safety incident to the Department of Financial Services office within 72 hours, and within 24 hours to an appropriate law-enforcement or public-safety authority when there is an imminent risk of death or serious physical injury.
Deadline: Within statutory timeframe
Large frontier developers must transmit to the office a summary of any assessment of catastrophic risk from internal use of their frontier models every three months or on another agreed schedule.
Deadline: From January 1, 2027
Large frontier developers must file a disclosure statement with the office before developing, deploying, or operating a frontier model in New York, renew it every two years or on an ownership or material change, and pay a pro rata assessment.
Deadline: From January 1, 2027
This law applies to healthcare organizations to the extent their AI use falls within the law's scope (see the obligations below). The law should be read with the source-derived obligations listed on this page and any sector-specific federal rules that apply to healthcare workflows.
New York RAISE Act (Responsible AI Safety and Education Act) is scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2027.
New York RAISE Act (Responsible AI Safety and Education Act) lists developer as the role coverage for New York. The actual duty depends on whether the organization develops, deploys, procures, or uses the covered AI system in the law's scope.
New York RAISE Act (Responsible AI Safety and Education Act) lists a maximum penalty of $3.0M in the Atlas record. Penalty exposure depends on the source section, violation type, and factual context.
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