Increases from $750 to $3,000 annual State payment made to certain veterans and their surviving spouses.

New Jersey's Bill A 642 increases annual state payments to veterans with specific service-connected disabilities from $750 to $3,000 per year. It directly affects veterans who sustained total blindness, permanent paralysis (like paraplegia or hemiplegia), amputations, or mobility loss from multiple sclerosis during military service, as well as their surviving spouses. The payment increase takes effect January 1 following the bill's passage, with accrued payments paid in a lump sum. Currently, 207 veterans and spouses receive this benefit under the existing $750 rate.