New York S 1714: Prohibits the use of the term "excited delirium" as a diagnosis, label, or cause of death

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S01714 Summary:

BILL NOS01714A

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SAME ASSAME AS A00697-A

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SPONSORBROUK

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COSPNSRBRISPORT, COONEY, FERNANDEZ, GIANARIS, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, RAMOS, SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §4141, Pub Health L; amd §677, County L; add §837-aa, Exec L; add §139-n, St Fin L

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Prohibits the use of the term "excited delirium" as a diagnosis, label, or cause of death on death certificates, autopsy reports, police reports or any report, policy or procedure by a public agency or contractor; defines excited delirium.

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BILL NOS01714A

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01/13/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

03/04/20251ST REPORT CAL.488

03/05/20252ND REPORT CAL.

03/10/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

04/02/2025PASSED SENATE

04/02/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

04/02/2025referred to health

06/06/2025substituted for a697

06/06/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.413

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

01/27/20261ST REPORT CAL.169

01/28/20262ND REPORT CAL.

01/29/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

04/21/2026PASSED SENATE

04/21/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

04/22/2026referred to health

05/05/2026RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY

05/05/2026returned to senate

05/05/2026VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING

05/05/2026AMENDED ON THIRD READING 1714A

05/13/2026REPASSED SENATE

05/13/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

05/13/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1714--A
 Cal. No. 169

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 13, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. BROUK, BRISPORT, COONEY, FERNANDEZ, GIANARIS, JACK-
 SON, RAMOS, SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA, WEBB -- read twice and ordered print-
 ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health --
 recommitted to the Committee on Health in accordance with Senate Rule
 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first
 and second report, ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate and
 delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered, restored to
 third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in
 the order of third reading

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, the county law, the executive law
 and the state finance law, in relation to prohibiting the use of the
 term excited delirium as a diagnosis, label, or cause of death

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 4141 of the public health law is
 2 amended by adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows:
 3 (e) No death certificate shall cite excited delirium as a diagnosis,
 4 label, cause of death, or contributing factor to any death. For the
 5 purposes of this paragraph, the term "excited delirium" shall mean a
 6 term used to describe a person's state of agitation, excitability, para-
 7 noia, extreme aggression, physical violence, and apparent immunity to
 8 pain that is not listed in the most current version of the Diagnostic
 9 and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or for which the court finds
 10 there is insufficient scientific evidence or diagnostic criteria to be
 11 recognized as a medical condition. Excited delirium also includes
 12 excited delirium syndrome, excited delirium, hyperactive delirium,
 13 agitated delirium, and exhaustive mania.
 14 § 2. Section 677 of the county law is amended by adding a new subdivi-
 15 sion 2-a to read as follows:
 16 2-a. No report of any autopsy or other examination shall cite excited
 17 delirium as a cause or means or manner of death. For the purposes of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02051-03-6

 S. 1714--A 2

 1 this subdivision, the term "excited delirium" shall mean a term used to
 2 describe a person's state of agitation, excitability, paranoia, extreme
 3 aggression, physical violence, and apparent immunity to pain that is not
 4 listed in the most current version of the Diagnostic and Statistical
 5 Manual of Mental Disorders, or for which the court