New Jersey § 30:4-63 Commitment of person with mental illness, payment.

New Jersey Statutes

§ 30:4-63 — Commitment of person with mental illness, payment.

New Jersey § 30:4-63

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N.J. Stat. Ann. § 30:4-63 (2026).

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30:4-63.

a.The court may, after final hearing, commit any person with mental illness to any State or county psychiatric institution irrespective of the person's legal settlement where provision is made for the person's care and maintenance, in an amount approved by the department or by the board of chosen freeholders, as the case may be. The person may remain as a full paying patient in such institution as long as such sum shall be regularly paid out of the estate of the person, or by the person or persons chargeable by law with the person's care and maintenance, or under contract. In the event that such sum cannot be paid because of a change in the financial circumstances of the person with mental illness or the person's legally responsible relatives then the court may make such order as

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30:4-63. a. The court may, after final hearing, commit any person with mental illness to any State or county psychiatric institution irrespective of the person's legal settlement where provision is made for the person's care and maintenance, in an amount approved by the department or by the board of chosen freeholders, as the case may be. The person may remain as a full paying patient in such institution as long as such sum shall be regularly paid out of the estate of the person, or by the person or persons chargeable by law with the person's care and maintenance, or under contract. In the event that such sum cannot be paid because of a change in the financial circumstances of the person with mental illness or the person's legally responsible relatives then the court may make such order as may be necessary with regard to the manner and the amount of maintenance which shall be paid on behalf of the person with mental illness and by whom. b. The Department of Human Services may admit a person found eligible for functional services from the Division of Developmental Disabilities to a residential functional services placement irrespective of the person's legal settlement if provision is made for the payment of the full cost of the person's care and maintenance, in an amount approved by the department. The person may remain as a full paying person in the residential functional services placement, or in another residential functional services placement deemed appropriate by the department, as long as the full per capita amount for the placement is regularly paid from the person's income, benefits, assets, resources, or estate, or by the person chargeable by law or under contract with the person's care and maintenance. amended 1953, c.29, s.30; 1965, c.59, s.51; 1995, c.155, s.17; 2005, c.55, s.5; 2013, c.253, s.13.