(6) Obsessive-compulsive disorder; or

(7) Major depressive disorder.; or

(8)__Eating disorders:

(a)__Bulimia; and

(b)__Anorexia.

B. Every nonprofit hospital and medical services organization and nonprofit health care plan must make available coverage in all individual and group policies, contracts and certificates executed, delivered, issued for delivery, continued or renewed in this State on or after July 1, 1996 that provides benefits meeting 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 offer of coverage 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 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 individual or group contract.