{"slug":"us-washington-eshb-2225-protocol-publication","id":"AIPT-OBL-0127","permanent_url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-OBL-0127","title":"Publish the self-harm protocol and the number of crisis referral notifications issued in the preceding calendar year","short_title":"Publish the protocol and referral count","category":"transparency","summary":"The operator must publicly disclose the details of its section 5 protocols on its website or websites and within any mobile or web application through which the AI companion is offered. The disclosure covers the safeguards used to detect and respond to expressions of suicidal ideation or self-harm, and the number of crisis referral notifications issued to users in the preceding calendar year. The act does not set a date by which the disclosure must be updated.\n","practical_action":"Publish a protocol page on the website and inside the app, count every crisis referral notification issued, and add the previous calendar year's total to the page.","is_binding":true,"applies_from":"2027-01-01","section":"Sec. 5(3)","source_reference":"ESHB 2225 (Chapter 168, Laws of 2026), sec. 5(3)","official_source_url":"https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/House/2225-S.SL.pdf","review_status":"pending_review","confidence_level":"high","last_verified_at":null,"reviewed_by":null,"actors":["provider","deployer"],"sectors":["consumer_retail"],"use_cases":["health","customer_service"],"applicability":[],"evidence_examples":[{"title":"The published protocol page on the website and in the app, with the date it went live","description":null,"artifact_type":"document"},{"title":"The log or report from which the yearly count of crisis referral notifications is taken","description":null,"artifact_type":"document"}],"framework_mappings":[],"controls":[{"slug":"ai-interaction-and-use-disclosure","title":"AI interaction and use disclosure notices","kind":"process","relationship":"supports","note":"Public notice about how the chatbot handles self-harm and suicide.","confidence_level":"medium","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/controls/ai-interaction-and-use-disclosure"},{"slug":"record-keeping-and-logging","title":"Automatic event logging and record retention","kind":"technical","relationship":"supports","note":"Logging each crisis referral notification so the yearly number can be published.","confidence_level":"high","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/controls/record-keeping-and-logging"}],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/obligations/us-washington-eshb-2225-protocol-publication","policy":{"slug":"us-washington-eshb-2225-ai-companion-chatbots","title":"Washington ESHB 2225: AI companion chatbots (Chapter 168, Laws of 2026)","status":"adopted","jurisdiction":"us-washington","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/us-washington-eshb-2225-ai-companion-chatbots"}}