(a) “Alternative delivery system” means a health maintenance organization (HMO), preferred provider organization (PPO), exclusive provider organization (EPO), individual practice association (IPA), medical staff hospital organization (MESH), physician hospital organization (PHO), and any other plan or organization which provides health care services through a mechanism other than insurance and is regulated by the State of Mississippi.

(b) “Covered benefits” means the health care services or treatment available to an insured party under a health insurance policy for which the insurer will pay part or all of the costs.

(c) “Hospital” means a facility licensed as a hospital by the Mississippi Department of Health.

(d) “Health service provider” means a physician or psychologist who is authorized by the facility in which services are delivered to provide mental health services in an inpatient or outpatient setting, within his or her scope of licensure.

(e) “Inpatient services” means therapeutic services which are available twenty-four (24) hours a day in a hospital or other treatment facility licensed by the State of Mississippi.

(f) “Mental illness” means any psychiatric disease identified in the current edition of The International Classification of Diseases or The American Psychiatric Association Diagnostic and Statistical Manual.

(g) “Outpatient services” means therapeutic services which are provided to a patient according to an individualized treatment plan which does not require the patient’s full-time confinement to a hospital or other treatment facility licensed by the State of Mississippi. The term “outpatient services” refers to services which may be provided in a hospital, an outpatient treatment facility or other appropriate setting licensed by the State of Mississippi.

(h) “Outpatient treatment facility” means (i) a clinic or other similar location which is certified by the State of Mississippi as a qualified provider of outpatient services for the treatment of mental illness or (ii) the office of a health service provider.

(i) “Partial hospitalization” means inpatient treatment, other than full twenty-four-hour programs, in a treatment facility licensed by the State of Mississippi; the term includes day, night and weekend treatment programs.

(j) “Physician” means a physician licensed by the State of Mississippi to practice therein.

(k) “Psychologist” means a psychologist licensed by the State of Mississippi to practice therein.