Summary
Creates a temporary Artificial Intelligence Task Force to investigate AI, assess benefits and risks, examine whether and how Vermont should use AI in state government, and recommend whether state regulation of AI is needed. The task force included representatives from state agencies, civil liberties, labor, academia, ethics and human rights, engineering, science, a student member, and the Vermont Medical Society, and was required to submit reports in 2019.
Healthcare Implications
Healthcare relevance is indirect and historical. The Vermont Medical Society seat gave the task force a health-sector perspective, and the review could inform later state AI governance affecting public health, licensing, Medicaid, and health data systems. The act did not create EHR data-localization requirements or AI-related EHR data-field requirements.
Operational Implications
- Creates a temporary Artificial Intelligence Task Force, including a Vermont Medical Society representative, to study AI benefits and risks, state-government AI use, and whether Vermont should regulate AI, with reports due to legislative committees in 2019.