HI SB228

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

Prohibits medical examiners, coroners, and health care providers from documenting, stating on death certificates, or testifying that excited delirium was a cause of death; allows listing of contributing causes but not as the underlying cause.

Prohibits law enforcement officers from using the term "excited delirium" in incident reports, though they may describe an individual's specific conduct and physical or mental condition.

Prohibits evidence of excited delirium from being admitted in civil actions; allows parties to describe factual circumstances and demeanor but not to diagnose or attribute conditions to excited delirium.

Defines "excited delirium" as a term describing agitation, excitability, paranoia, extreme aggression, physical violence, and apparent immunity to pain that is not listed in the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders or lacks sufficient scientific evidence; effective July 1, 3000.