HB 24-1103 Summary

• Prohibits peace officers and first responders from including training on or referencing "excited delirium" in any training program, though courses on safe interaction with individuals exhibiting agitation, aggression, or violence remain permitted.

• Prohibits peace officers from using the term "excited delirium" in incident reports to describe individuals, though officers may describe specific characteristics of conduct without using the general label.

• Prohibits coroners, medical examiners, and forensic pathologists from registering "excited delirium" as a cause of death on death certificates.

• Prohibits emergency medical service providers from including training on "excited delirium" except when teaching the history of the term; courses on safe medical interaction with individuals in altered mental states remain permitted.

• Defines "excited delirium" to mean a state of agitation, excitability, paranoia, extreme aggression, physical violence, and apparent immunity to pain that is not listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, including related terms like excited delirium syndrome and hyperactive delirium.