Bill Text: NY S01714 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits the use of the term "excited delirium" as a diagnosis, label, or cause of death on death certificates, autopsy reports, police reports or any report, policy or procedure by a public agency or contractor; defines excited delirium.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-13 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S01714 Detail]
Download: New_York-2025-S01714-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1714 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 13, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. BROUK, BRISPORT, GIANARIS, RAMOS, SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, the county law, the executive law and the state finance law, in relation to prohibiting the use of the term excited delirium as a diagnosis, label, or cause of death The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 4141 of the public health law is 2 amended by adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows: 3 (e) No death certificate shall cite excited delirium as a diagnosis, 4 label, cause of death, or contributing factor to any death. For the 5 purposes of this paragraph, the term "excited delirium" shall mean a 6 term used to describe a person's state of agitation, excitability, para- 7 noia, extreme aggression, physical violence, and apparent immunity to 8 pain that is not listed in the most current version of the Diagnostic 9 and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or for which the court finds 10 there is insufficient scientific evidence or diagnostic criteria to be 11 recognized as a medical condition. Excited delirium also includes 12 excited delirium syndrome, excited delirium, hyperactive delirium, 13 agitated delirium, and exhaustive mania. 14 § 2. Section 677 of the county law is amended by adding a new subdivi- 15 sion 2-a to read as follows: 16 2-a. No report of any autopsy or other examination shall cite excited 17 delirium as a cause or means or manner of death. For the purposes of 18 this subdivision, the term "excited delirium" shall mean a term used to 19 describe a person's state of agitation, excitability, paranoia, extreme 20 aggression, physical violence, and apparent immunity to pain that is not 21 listed in the most current version of the Diagnostic and Statistical 22 Manual of Mental Disorders, or for which the court finds there is insuf- 23 ficient scientific evidence or diagnostic criteria to be recognized as a 24 medical condition. Excited delirium also includes excited delirium 25 syndrome, excited delirium, hyperactive delirium, agitated delirium, and 26 exhaustive mania. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02051-01-5S. 1714 2 1 § 3. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 837-y to 2 read as follows: 3 § 837-y. Prohibition of use of excited delirium. 1. No report by a law 4 enforcement officer or peace officer shall reference excited delirium in 5 such report. 6 2. No law enforcement officer or peace officer shall take any action 7 with respect to an individual in response to such individual being diag- 8 nosed or labeled as having or being in a state of excited delirium. No 9 training shall be provided that requires, encourages, or permits any 10 action in response to an individual being diagnosed or labeled as having 11 or being in a state of excited delirium. 12 3. For the purposes of this section, "excited delirium" shall mean a 13 term used to describe a person's state of agitation, excitability, para- 14 noia, extreme aggression, physical violence, and apparent immunity to 15 pain that is not listed in the most current version of the Diagnostic 16 and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or for which the court finds 17 there is insufficient scientific evidence or diagnostic criteria to be 18 recognized as a medical condition. Excited delirium also includes 19 excited delirium syndrome, excited delirium, hyperactive delirium, 20 agitated delirium, and exhaustive mania. 21 § 4. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 139-m to 22 read as follows: 23 § 139-m. Prohibition of use of excited delirium. 1. As used in this 24 section: 25 (a) "Contractor" means any person, firm, partnership, corporation, 26 association, company, organization or other similar entity, or any 27 combination thereof, including any subcontractor thereof, that employs 28 employees to perform work pursuant to an agreement with a public agency. 29 (b) "Public agency" means the state, and any department, agency, 30 board, bureau, commission, division, council or office of the state or 31 any political subdivision thereof, as defined in section one hundred of 32 the general municipal law, a municipal corporation as defined in section 33 sixty-six of the general construction law and any district thereof, a 34 public benefit corporation, or local or state authority as defined in 35 section two of the public authorities law, and any other entity author- 36 ized and empowered to enter into any contract or arrangement to conduct 37 economic development activity on behalf of any such public agency. 38 (c) "Excited delirium" means a term used to describe a person's state 39 of agitation, excitability, paranoia, extreme aggression, physical 40 violence, and apparent immunity to pain that is not listed in the most 41 current version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental 42 Disorders, or for which the court finds there is insufficient scientific 43 evidence or diagnostic criteria to be recognized as a medical condition. 44 Excited delirium also includes excited delirium syndrome, excited deli- 45 rium, hyperactive delirium, agitated delirium, and exhaustive mania. 46 2. No employee of a public agency or contractor or employee of a 47 contractor shall issue a diagnosis of excited delirium, report excited 48 delirium as a cause of death or a contributing factor to a death, or 49 conduct any trainings or share materials attesting to the validity of 50 excited delirium as a cause of death. 51 3. No public agency or contractor shall adopt or maintain any policy 52 or procedure, including but not limited to police manuals and trainings, 53 that acknowledges the validity of the diagnosis, cause of death, or 54 label of excited delirium. 55 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
