Survey inclusion requirement

The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and in coordination with the Director of the National Institutes of Health, shall incorporate questions related to the use, by youth and by adults, of AI chatbots into national health and behavioral surveys conducted by the Department of Health and Human Services, including the Household Pulse Survey and the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including questions designed to capture the following: (1) Frequency and duration of AI chatbot uses. (2) Types of AI chatbots accessed, such as AI chatbots designed for mental health, educational, or entertainment purposes or general purpose AI chatbots that are engaged for such purposes. (3) Age of first use of, and primary contexts of engagement with, AI chatbots. (4) Emotional, psychological, or behavioral impacts perceived by users of AI chatbots. (5) Exposure to content that the user perceives to be harmful or inappropriate.