New Jersey Statutes Title 38A. Military and Veterans Law 38A § 3-6.4

a. To provide standards and procedures for application and determination of eligibility for admission to veterans' facilities;

b. To 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;

c. To establish standards of care, treatment and discipline governing the relationships between the veterans' facilities and persons admitted thereto;

d. To establish standards and procedures for 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;

e. To 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 this act.