CHAPTER 680

S.P. 411 - L.D. 1183

An Act Regarding Access to Mental Health Services

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §3174-FF, sub-§3, śC, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 673, Pt. MMM, §1, is amended to read:

C. A member is eligible for psychological services benefits for individual and group counseling. Benefits for one or both types of counseling combined are limited to a total of 16 one-hour visits per year, except that the department may increase the maximum number of visits for psychological services to 24 visits in a 12-month period as long as any cost associated with this increase is offset by savings from managing the use of these services by methods that may include prior authorization.