S06953 – Responsible AI Safety and Education (RAISE) Act

NYLawState

Date Passed

12/19/2025

Effective Date

3/19/2026

Summary

Requires “large developers” of high-compute frontier AI models to create and publish safety plans, run risk assessments, and report significant safety incidents to the state; authorizes a new oversight office to monitor frontier developers and issue annual reports on AI safety.

Healthcare Implications

Indirect but meaningful for health AI: sets baseline safety and incident-reporting expectations for large frontier models that underlie many clinical, biomedical, and health-adjacent tools, influencing vendors’ safety practices and the risk profile of models used in care delivery, research, and population health.

Impact Level

Low

Keywords

Safety & Risk; Transparency & Governance

Stakeholders

Providers & Health Systems; Developers & Vendors; Regulators & Government