Sec. 1. 24 MRSA §2332-M is enacted to read:

§2332-M.__Coverage for eating disorders

All individual and group nonprofit hospital and medical services plan policies and contracts and all nonprofit health care plan policies and contracts must provide coverage for the treatment of eating disorders.__All persons with eating disorders, including persons birth to 18 years of age, are covered under this section.

Sec. 2. 24-A MRSA §2759 is enacted to read:

§2759.__Coverage for eating disorders

All individual health policies and contracts, except accidental injury, specified disease, hospital indemnity, Medicare supplement, long-term care and other limited benefit health insurance policies and contracts, must provide coverage for the treatment of eating disorders.__All persons with eating disorders, including persons birth to 18 years of age, are covered under this section.

Sec. 3. 24-A MRSA §2847-J is enacted to read:

§2847-J.__Coverage for eating disorders

All group insurance policies and contracts, except accidental injury, specified disease, hospital indemnity, Medicare supplement, long-term care and other limited benefit health insurance policies and contracts, must provide coverage for the treatment of eating disorders.__All persons with eating disorders, including persons birth to 18 years of age, are covered under this section.

Sec. 4. 24-A MRSA §4249 is enacted to read:

§4249.__Coverage for eating disorders

All health maintenance organization individual and group health contracts must provide coverage for the treatment of eating disorders.__All persons with eating disorders, including persons birth to 18 years of age, are covered under this section.

Sec. 5. Applicability. This Act applies to all policies and contracts executed, delivered, issued for delivery, continued or renewed on or after January 1, 2002. All policies and