Bill > A00697

This bill 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 policy or procedure by a public agency or contractor, and it defines "excited delirium" as a state of agitation, paranoia, extreme aggression, physical violence, and apparent immunity to pain that is not recognized in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders or for which there is insufficient scientific evidence. The bill amends public health, county, executive, and state finance laws to enforce these prohibitions, aiming to prevent the use of this term by government entities and their contractors, particularly in law enforcement and medical contexts, given its lack of established medical recognition and potential for misuse.

Health and Social Services, Housing and Urban Affairs

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A697