Verifiable parental consent and option for family accounts for teens

(a) In general (1) Notice and verifiable parental consent Prior to an individual's creation of a user account or profile with an artificial intelligence chatbot of a covered entity, if the covered entity knows such individual is a teen, the covered entity shall— (A) provide direct notice to a parent of the teen of the attempt by such teen to create such user account or profile; and (B) obtain verifiable parental consent (as defined in section 1302(9) of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 6501(9))) from the parent of the teen in order for the teen to create such user account or profile. (2) Option for family accounts In obtaining verifiable parental consent under paragraph (1), a covered entity shall provide a parent of a teen with the option to create a family account for the teen that meets the requirements described in section 5. (3) Default features (A) In general Subject to subparagraph (B), if the parent of a teen user does not create a family account for the teen as permitted in paragraph (2), a covered entity shall set and fix any feature or setting described in section (5)(a)(1) at the default setting required by section 5(b)(1) for the user account or profile of such teen. (B) Later creation of a family account If a parent of a teen user creates a family account for the teen user after such teen user first creates a user account or profile, the covered entity shall permit such parent to adjust any default setting set and fixed under subparagraph (A). (4) Reasonable efforts A covered entity shall be deemed compliant with the requirements of this subsection if the covered entity is in compliance with the requirements of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (15 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.) to use reasonable efforts (taking into consideration available technology) to provide a parent with direct notice and to obtain verifiable parental consent. (b) Revocation of consent (1) In general With respect to a parent of a teen who has provided verifiable parental consent under subsection (a)(1), a covered entity shall provide such parent with the ability to revoke such consent. (2) Effect of verifiable parental consent If a covered entity receives a revocation of verifiable parental consent under paragraph (1), the covered entity shall suspend, delete, or otherwise disable the user account or profile of the teen on the artificial intelligence chatbot that is subject to such revocation. (c) Rule of construction Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a covered entity to require a teen or the parent of such teen to provide government-issued identification for— (1) relationship verification; or (2) the provision of verifiable parental consent under subsection (a)(1).