Encourages expansion of community mental health programs to include mental health services to veterans; prohibits veterans from being denied county mental health services.

S 3827 requires New Jersey county mental health programs to include veterans as a designated service population and prohibits denying veterans mental health services solely based on their veteran status. The bill amends existing law to explicitly add "services for veterans" as a required component of community mental health programs and designates veterans as a target group for state funding. It mandates that counties refer veterans to the VA for eligibility determination while ensuring they receive immediate local mental health services during the VA process. This policy change directly affects veterans seeking mental health care and county programs receiving state mental health funding.