N.J.S.A. 38A:23-1 — Establishment of standards, procedures, Department of Veterans Affairs, definitions.

38A:23-1 Establishment of standards, procedures, Department of Veterans Affairs, definitions. 38A:23-1. a. As used in this section and N.J.S.38A:23-2 through 38A:23-14, inclusive: "Advisory council" means the advisory council of a veterans' facility. "Member" means a person admitted to and receiving care in a veterans' facility. "Veteran" means a person who has been honorably discharged from the active military service of the United States. "Veterans' facility" means any home, institution, hospital, or part thereof, the admission to which is under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. b. Subject to the provisions of this section, the Commissioner of the Department of Veterans Affairs shall be authorized, directed, and empowered to take such actions, and to issue such reasonable rules and regulations, as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of N.J.S.38A:23-2 through 38A:23-14, inclusive, including specifically to: (1) provide standards and procedures for the application and determination of eligibility for admission to veterans' facilities; (2) establish standards and methods for designating the veterans' facility in which an eligible person shall receive care and treatment consistent with available services and individual needs and circumstances; (3) establish standards of care, treatment, and discipline governing the relationships between the veterans' facilities and persons admitted thereto consistent with and subject to State and federal rules, regulations, and standards of care; (4) establish standards and procedures for the determination and payment of such amounts, if any, which members shall be required to contribute toward the cost of care and treatment in accordance with their financial ability, basing such determination upon a formula of financial ability to pay promulgated annually, provided, however, that the amount so determined shall first be approved by the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury; and (5) negotiate and enter into agreements or contracts with the Veterans Administration or any other appropriate State or federal agency and to organize the work of the veterans' facilities, giving due regard to the opinion of the advisory councils, in any manner consistent with law to comply with the reasonable requirements of such State and federal agencies in order to secure the maximum financial assistance and services for carrying out the purposes of N.J.S.38A:23-2 through 38A:23-14, inclusive. L.2025, c.139, s.23.

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