Sec. B-4. 24-A MRSA §2745-C, sub-§3 is enacted to read:

3.__Application to certificates.__In addition to policies and contracts otherwise covered under this section, the requirements of this section apply to all certificates executed, delivered, issued for delivery, continued or renewed in this State after July 1, 2003.

Sec. B-5. 24-A MRSA §2756, sub-§3 is enacted to read:

3.__Application to certificates.__In addition to policies and contracts otherwise covered under this section, the requirements of this section apply to all certificates executed, delivered, issued for delivery, continued or renewed in this State after July 1, 2003.

PART C

Sec. C-1. 24-A MRSA §2832, as amended by PL 1979, c. 663, §146, is further amended to read:

§2832. Maternity benefits for unmarried women certificate holders

and the minor dependents of certificate holders with

dependent or family coverage required

All group or blanket health insurance policies and plans shall must provide the same maternity benefits for unmarried women certificate holders, and the minor dependents of certificate holders with dependent or family coverage, as is provided married certificate holders with maternity coverage and the wives of certificate holders with maternity coverage. This requirement shall apply applies to all group or blanket insurance written or renewed after the effective date of this Act January 1, 1976, and shall include includes, but is not be limited to, all types and forms of group insurance issued by individual companies or corporations. In addition to policies and contracts otherwise covered under this section, the requirements of this section apply to all certificates executed, delivered, issued for delivery, continued or renewed in this State after July 1, 2003.

Sec. C-2. 24-A MRSA §2834, last ¶, as amended by PL 1997, c. 604, Pt. C, §3, is further amended to read: