Assembly Bill A9414A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Prohibits the use of the term "excited delirium" as a diagnosis, label, or cause of death

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A9414 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9039
Current Committee:
Assembly Rules
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4141, Pub Health L; amd §677, County L; add §837-y, Exec L; add §139-m, St Fin L

2023-A9414 - Summary

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.

2023-A9414 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9414
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 14, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. GONZALEZ-ROJAS -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, the  county  law,  the  executive
   law,  the civil practice law and rules, the criminal procedure law and
   the labor 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:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 4141 of the public health  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows:
   (E)  NO  DEATH CERTIFICATE SHALL CITE EXCITED DELIRIUM AS A DIAGNOSIS,
 LABEL, CAUSE OF DEATH, OR CONTRIBUTING FACTOR  TO  ANY  DEATH.  FOR  THE
 PURPOSES  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH,  THE TERM "EXCITED DELIRIUM" SHALL MEAN A
 TERM USED TO DESCRIBE A PERSON'S STATE OF AGITATION, EXCITABILITY, PARA-
 NOIA, EXTREME AGGRESSION, PHYSICAL VIOLENCE, AND  APPARENT  IMMUNITY  TO
 PAIN  THAT  IS  NOT LISTED IN THE MOST CURRENT VERSION OF THE DIAGNOSTIC
 AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS, OR FOR WHICH THE COURT FINDS
 THERE IS INSUFFICIENT SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE OR DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA  TO  BE
 RECOGNIZED  AS  A  MEDICAL  CONDITION.  EXCITED  DELIRIUM  ALSO INCLUDES
 EXCITED  DELIRIUM  SYNDROME,  EXCITED  DELIRIUM,  HYPERACTIVE  DELIRIUM,
 AGITATED DELIRIUM, AND EXHAUSTIVE MANIA.
   § 2. Section 677 of the county law is amended by adding a new subdivi-
 sion 2-a to read as follows:
   2-A.  NO REPORT OF ANY AUTOPSY OR OTHER EXAMINATION SHALL CITE EXCITED
 DELIRIUM AS A CAUSE OR MEANS OR MANNER OF DEATH.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF
 THIS  SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "EXCITED DELIRIUM" SHALL MEAN A TERM USED TO
 DESCRIBE A PERSON'S STATE OF AGITATION, EXCITABILITY, PARANOIA,  EXTREME
 AGGRESSION, PHYSICAL VIOLENCE, AND APPARENT IMMUNITY TO PAIN THAT IS NOT
 LISTED  IN  THE  MOST  CURRENT VERSION OF THE DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL
 MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS, OR FOR WHICH THE COURT FINDS THERE IS INSUF-
 FICIENT SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE OR DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A
 MEDICAL CONDITION.  EXCITED  DELIRIUM  ALSO  INCLUDES  EXCITED  DELIRIUM
 SYNDROME, EXCITED DELIRIUM, HYPERACTIVE DELIRIUM, AGITATED DELIRIUM, AND
 EXHAUSTIVE MANIA.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2023-A9414A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9039
Current Committee:
Assembly Rules
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4141, Pub Health L; amd §677, County L; add §837-y, Exec L; add §139-m, St Fin L

2023-A9414A (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2023-A9414A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9414--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 14, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GONZALEZ-ROJAS, LUNSFORD, CLARK, MEEKS, EPSTEIN,
   SIMON, TAYLOR, DAVILA -- read once and referred to  the  Committee  on
   Health  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 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:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 4141 of the public health  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows:
   (E)  NO  DEATH CERTIFICATE SHALL CITE EXCITED DELIRIUM AS A DIAGNOSIS,
 LABEL, CAUSE OF DEATH, OR CONTRIBUTING FACTOR  TO  ANY  DEATH.  FOR  THE
 PURPOSES  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH,  THE TERM "EXCITED DELIRIUM" SHALL MEAN A
 TERM USED TO DESCRIBE A PERSON'S STATE OF AGITATION, EXCITABILITY, PARA-
 NOIA, EXTREME AGGRESSION, PHYSICAL VIOLENCE, AND  APPARENT  IMMUNITY  TO
 PAIN  THAT  IS  NOT LISTED IN THE MOST CURRENT VERSION OF THE DIAGNOSTIC
 AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS, OR FOR WHICH THE COURT FINDS
 THERE IS INSUFFICIENT SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE OR DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA  TO  BE
 RECOGNIZED  AS  A  MEDICAL  CONDITION.  EXCITED  DELIRIUM  ALSO INCLUDES
 EXCITED  DELIRIUM  SYNDROME,  EXCITED  DELIRIUM,  HYPERACTIVE  DELIRIUM,
 AGITATED DELIRIUM, AND EXHAUSTIVE MANIA.
   § 2. Section 677 of the county law is amended by adding a new subdivi-
 sion 2-a to read as follows:
   2-A.  NO REPORT OF ANY AUTOPSY OR OTHER EXAMINATION SHALL CITE EXCITED
 DELIRIUM AS A CAUSE OR MEANS OR MANNER OF DEATH.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF
 THIS  SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "EXCITED DELIRIUM" SHALL MEAN A TERM USED TO
 DESCRIBE A PERSON'S STATE OF AGITATION, EXCITABILITY, PARANOIA,  EXTREME
 AGGRESSION, PHYSICAL VIOLENCE, AND APPARENT IMMUNITY TO PAIN THAT IS NOT
 LISTED  IN  THE  MOST  CURRENT VERSION OF THE DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL
 MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS, OR FOR WHICH THE COURT FINDS THERE IS INSUF-
 FICIENT SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE OR DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A
 MEDICAL CONDITION.  EXCITED  DELIRIUM  ALSO  INCLUDES  EXCITED  DELIRIUM
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13987-04-4
              

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