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individual health care contracts, separated according to those paid | | for inpatient or outpatient services.__The superintendent shall | | compile this data for all insurers in an annual report. |
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| | | 8.__Application. The requirements of this section apply to | | policies, certificates or contracts executed, delivered, issued | | for delivery, continued or renewed in this State on or after | | January 1, 2000.__For purposes of this section, a contract is | | deemed to be renewed no later than the next yearly anniversary of | | the contract date. |
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| | | Sec. 9. 24-A MRSA §2842, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 527, §2, is | | amended to read: |
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| | | 3. Requirement. Everywhich | health care contracts providing coverage for hospital care | | residents of this State shall provide benefits as required in | this section to any subscriber or other | | those contracts for the treatment of alcoholism and other drug | | dependency pursuant to a treatment plan. |
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| | | Sec. 10. 24-A MRSA §2842, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 527, §2, | | is repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 11. 24-A MRSA §2842, sub-§4-A is enacted to read: |
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| | | 4-A.__Parity coverage.__A group contract must provide, at a | | minimum, benefits for the treatment of alcoholism and other drug | | dependency, including benefits for residential treatment and | | outpatient care, under terms and conditions that are no less | | extensive than the benefits provided for medical treatment for | | physical illness.__At the request of an insurer, a provider of | | treatment for alcoholism or other drug dependency shall furnish | | data substantiating that the initial or continued treatment is | | medically necessary and appropriate pursuant to a treatment plan. |
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| | | Sec. 12. 24-A MRSA §2842, sub-§5, as amended by PL 1989, c. 490, §3, | | is repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 13. 24-A MRSA §2842, sub-§10, as repealed and replaced by PL | | 1987, c. 480, §5, is amended to read: |
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| | | 10. Application; expiration. The requirements of this section | shall | | executed, delivered, issued for delivery, continued or renewed in | | this State on or after January 1, 1984. The requirements of | | subsection 4-A apply to all policies and contracts executed, | | delivered, issued for delivery, continued or renewed in this | | State on or after January 1, 2000. For purposes |
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