Excludes veterans' benefits from calculation of financial obligation for care at psychiatric facility.

This bill (A1130) excludes veterans' benefits from income calculations when determining how much a veteran must pay for psychiatric care in New Jersey facilities. It directly affects veterans receiving treatment in state psychiatric hospitals, county psychiatric hospitals, or psychiatric units of county hospitals. The key mechanism modifies existing law to ensure veterans' benefits (like disability compensation) are not counted as income when applying the sliding scale fee for charity care. This change reduces the financial obligation for veterans by excluding these benefits from the income calculation used to determine payment amounts. The bill amends R.S.30:4-60, which governs financial responsibility for psychiatric facility care.