HI HB36

Prohibits excited delirium from being recognized as a valid medical diagnosis or cause of death in Hawaii.

Prevents medical examiners, coroners, and health care providers from documenting, testifying to, or listing excited delirium as a cause of death on death certificates or in official reports.

Prohibits law enforcement officers from using the term "excited delirium" in incident reports, though they may describe specific behaviors and characteristics without labeling them as such.

Establishes a new Hawaii Rule of Evidence making evidence of excited delirium inadmissible in civil actions, while allowing factual descriptions of conduct and physical or mental conditions.

Takes effect July 1, 3000.