(8)__Eating disorders:

(a)__Bulimia; and

(b)__Anorexia.

Any person birth to 18 years of age with a mental health condition that falls under any of the diagnostic categories listed in the mental disorders section of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Disorders, 4th Edition, DMS 4, as periodically revised, is covered under this paragraph.

B. All policies, contracts and certificates executed, delivered, issued for delivery, continued or renewed in this State on or after July 1, 1996 must provide benefits that meet the requirements of this paragraph. For purposes of this paragraph, all contracts are deemed renewed no later than the next yearly anniversary of the contract date.

(1) The contracts must provide benefits for the treatment and diagnosis of mental illnesses under terms and conditions that are no less extensive than the benefits provided for medical treatment for physical illnesses. A health insurance plan must provide coverage for treatment of a mental health condition and may not establish a rate, term or condition that places a greater financial burden on an insured for access to treatment for a mental health condition than for access to treatment for a physical health condition.__Any deductible or out-of-pocket limits required under a health insurance plan must be comprehensive for coverage of both mental health and physical health conditions.

(2) At the request of a nonprofit hospital or medical service organization, a provider of medical treatment for mental illness shall furnish data substantiating that initial or continued treatment is medically necessary and appropriate. When making the determination of whether treatment is medically necessary and appropriate, the provider shall use the same criteria for medical treatment for mental illness as for medical treatment for physical illness under the group contract.

C.__A health insurance plan that does not otherwise provide for management of care under the plan or that does not provide for the same degree of management of care for all