Sec. VV-18. 24-A MRSA §4234-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-19. 24-A MRSA §4234-A, sub-§§4 and 5, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 407, §10, are amended to read:

4. Requirement. Every health maintenance organization that issues individual or 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 individual or group contract must provide, at a minimum, the following benefits for a person suffering from a mental or nervous condition illness:

A. Inpatient services;

B. Day treatment services; and

C. Outpatient services.;

D.__Home support services; and

E.__Residential treatment services.

Sec. VV-20. 24-A MRSA §4234-A, sub-§6, as amended by PL 1995, c. 637, §6, is further amended to read:

6. Coverage for treatment of certain mental illnesses. Coverage for medical or psychiatric treatment for mental illnesses listed in paragraph A A-1 is subject to this subsection.