I'm not sure about the item. In theory if an item can place a status on the holder / user then... yeah I can't see why not (just need a way to "deactivate" and turn off the status... maybe it's as simple as a hat / helmet that gives the status while worn). I'll look into it. It would be dead easy for me to add if it's as easy as I suspect it might be...
NOT (in any way) trying to steal DeEz thunder, but my mod does add the emotes to the status effect menu and it's "clean" of other additions in that it doesn't add any new skills or abilities - just the custom status effects and emotes. It's geared strictly for the GM which I think DeEz mod is as well. Sadly because we are both adjusting the status data tables (I use mostly just CONSUME, DAMAGE and POLYMORPH tables) I would imagine they are incompatible with each other and you couldn't stack them. Most likely neither would play nice with other mods that mess around with statuses.
I don't want to hijack this thread any more than I already have I have so I won't post a link here. I'll create my own thread.