* § 1701. Prohibitions and requirements. It shall be unlawful for any
operator to operate for or provide an AI companion to a user unless such
AI companion contains a protocol to take reasonable efforts for
detecting and addressing suicidal ideation or expressions of self-harm
expressed by a user to the AI companion, that includes but is not
limited to, detection of user expressions of suicidal ideation or
self-harm, and a notification to the user that refers them to crisis
service providers such as the 9-8-8 suicide prevention and behavioral
health crisis hotline under section 36.03 of the mental hygiene law, a
crisis text line, or other appropriate crisis services upon detection of
such user's expressions of suicidal ideation or self-harm.

* NB Effective November 5, 2025