HI SB2033 | 2024 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 17 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-01-24 - Re-Referred to HHS/PSM, JDC.
Pending: Senate Health and Human Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Prohibits excited delirium from being recognized as a valid medical diagnosis or cause of death in the State. Prohibits a local health officer or local agent of the Department of Health from stating on a certificate of death or in any report that the cause of death was excited delirium. Prohibits law enforcement officers from using the term excited delirium to describe an individual in an incident report. Establishes a new rule of evidence that deems evidence that a person experienced or suffered an excited delirium inadmissible in a civil action.

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Title

Relating To Excited Delirium.

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History

DateChamberAction
2024-01-24SenateRe-Referred to HHS/PSM, JDC.
2024-01-17SenateReferred to HHS/PSM, WAM.
2024-01-17SenateIntroduced and passed First Reading.
2024-01-10SenatePending Introduction.

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