Sec. VV-2. 24 MRSA §2325-A, sub-§3, ¶D, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 515, §4, is amended to read:

D. "Person suffering from a mental or nervous condition illness" means a person whose psychobiological processes are impaired severely enough to manifest problems in the areas of social, psychological or biological functioning. Such a person has a disorder of thought, mood, perception, orientation or memory which that impairs judgment, behavior, capacity to recognize or ability to cope with the ordinary demands of life. The person manifests an impaired capacity to maintain acceptable levels of functioning in the areas of intellect, emotion or physical well-being.

Sec. VV-3. 24 MRSA §2325-A, sub-§3, ¶F is enacted to read:

F.__"Residential treatment services" means services at a facility that provides care 24 hours daily to one or more patients, including, but not limited to, the following services: room and board; medical, nursing and dietary services; patient diagnosis, assessment and treatment; individual, family and group counseling; and educational and

support services, including a designated unit of a licensed health care facility providing any other services specified in this paragraph to a person suffering from a mental illness.

Sec. VV-4. 24 MRSA §2325-A, sub-§§4 and 5, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 515, §4, are amended to read:

4. Requirement. Every nonprofit hospital or and medical service organization which that issues group health care contracts providing coverage for hospital care to residents of this State shall provide benefits as required in this section to any subscriber or other person covered under those contracts for conditions arising from mental illness.

5. Services. Each group contract shall must provide, at a minimum, for the following benefits for a person suffering from a mental or nervous condition illness:

A. Inpatient care;

B. Day treatment services; and

C. Outpatient services.;

D.__Home support services; and