HI SB228

Prohibits "excited delirium" from being recognized as a valid medical diagnosis or cause of death in Hawaii, including related terms like excited delirium syndrome, hyperactive delirium, agitated delirium, and exhaustive mania

Bars medical examiners, coroners, and health care providers from documenting or testifying that excited delirium was a cause of death on death certificates or in any official reports

Prohibits law enforcement officers from using the term "excited delirium" to describe individuals in incident reports, though they may describe specific behavioral characteristics

Establishes a new Hawaii Rule of Evidence making evidence that a person experienced excited delirium inadmissible in civil actions

Applies prohibition to all state and county government entities, employees, and contractors in any official capacity or communication; effective July 1, 3000