Healthy Technology Act of 2025

This bill says that, in some cases, an artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning system could be allowed to write prescriptions. It would count as a “prescribing practitioner” only if two things are true: the state allows it, and the FDA has cleared, approved, or authorized the technology under existing medical device rules. This does not make all AI tools prescribers; it only opens the door where state law and FDA decisions say yes .

What this could mean day to day: in places that permit it, you might get certain prescriptions from a qualified AI system after an online visit or through a clinic’s tool. Pharmacies could receive prescriptions from these systems, and doctors and nurses might use them to speed up care—if the tools meet safety standards and state rules. Nothing changes in states that don’t allow it, and any AI must pass FDA review first .

Key points:

• Who is affected: patients, pharmacies, health providers, and makers of AI health tools.
• What changes: AI tools can qualify to prescribe, but only with state permission and FDA clearance/approval/authorization under sections 510(k), 513, 515, or 564.
• When it applies: only where state law allows it and after FDA signs off; it’s not automatic or nationwide .