61.   The bill prevailed over the bitter opposition of the state hospital lobby.

62.   The community health alternatives that were supposed to replace the oversize state hospitals remained wishful thinking.

63.   The court ordered her committed to a state hospital for the insane.

64.   The document also guarantees access to an array of services including surgery and treatment in state hospitals at nominal charges.

65.   The government normally gives state hospitals less than half of what they request for drugs.

66.   The problem could increase as the state hospital system gets smaller.

67.   The prosecution declined to retry Harris, instead saying that he was mentally ill and requesting that he be committed to a state hospital.

68.   The state mental health department will retain responsibility for the long-term care of chronic patients living in group homes, subsidized housing and state hospitals.

69.   The state hospital in Napa County now accepts only a handful of patients from San Francisco.

70.   They said the law is not punitive even though defendants are committed to the state hospital after having completed their prison terms.