Sec. B-2. 24 MRSA §2318-A, as amended by PL 2001, c. 258, Pt. A, §1, is further amended to read:

§2318-A. Maternity and routine newborn care

A nonprofit hospital or medical service organization that issues individual and group contracts and certificates providing maternity benefits, including benefits for childbirth, shall provide coverage for services related to maternity and routine newborn care, including coverage for hospital stay, in accordance with the attending physician's or attending certified nurse midwife's determination in conjunction with the mother that the mother and newborn meet the criteria outlined in the "Guidelines for Perinatal Care," published by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. For the purposes of this section, "routine newborn care" does not include any services provided after the mother has been discharged from the hospital. For the purposes of this section, "attending physician" includes the obstetrician, pediatrician or other physician attending the mother and newborn. Benefits for routine newborn care required by this section are part of the mother's benefit. The mother and the newborn are treated as one person in calculating the deductible, coinsurance and copayments for coverage required by this section.

Sec. B-3. 24 MRSA §2320-A, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 875, Pt. I, §2, is amended to read:

3. Application. This section applies to all policies, contracts and certificates executed, delivered, issued for delivery, continued or renewed in this State on or after March 1, 1991. For purposes of this section, all contracts are deemed to be renewed no later than the next yearly anniversary of the contract date.

Sec. B-4. 24 MRSA §2320-B, as amended by PL 1995, c. 671, §8, is further amended to read:

§2320-B. Acupuncture services

All individual and group nonprofit medical services plan contracts and certificates and all nonprofit health care plan contracts and certificates providing coverage for acupuncture must provide coverage for those services when performed by an acupuncturist licensed pursuant to Title 32, chapter 113-B, subchapter II 2, under the same conditions that apply to the services of a licensed physician.