# Illinois enacted the Wellness and Oversight for Psychological Resources Act, barring AI from mental health and therapeutic decision-making, allowing it only in administrative and supplementary support

Page: https://flyvolo.ai/en/changes/ev-20250801-counsellor-1
Date: 2025-08-01 · Stage: Constraint
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## Scope

One US state, announced by the state agency that regulates the professions concerned. It is regulation arriving ahead of deployment rather than after it, which is unusual on this site. It does not bind other markets, and it does not reach products marketed as wellness or coaching rather than therapy — which is where most consumer products currently sit. A law also states what may not be offered, not what people actually use.

## Source

- Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (state agency announcement) — https://idfpr.illinois.gov/news/2025/gov-pritzker-signs-state-leg-prohibiting-ai-therapy-in-il.html (primary source)

## What this means

A jurisdiction has drawn the line inside the work rather than around the profession: the therapeutic decision must be a licensed person's, while administrative and supplementary support may be automated. That is a more precise statement than any ban on 'AI in therapy'.

## What it does not show yet

It does not bind any other market, and it does not reach the products most people actually use, which are sold as wellness or coaching rather than therapy. It also says nothing about what people actually use, because a law states only what may not be offered.

## How to verify it yourself

Check how the product your clients mention describes itself. If it calls itself wellness or coaching rather than therapy, this line does not reach it — and that is the line's own boundary, not an oversight.


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