CNN The Situation Room November 20, 2013 22:41:00
>> the legislature funded in the next year $42 million of new services. by 2010 all that money was gone, had been eliminated in the recession. >> reporter: others say bed shortages are only an issue in rural areas like bath county. >> 87% of the cases you have to make more calls than two. >> law professor richard bonnie helped reform the state's mental health system. you think there auld to be alternatives? >> you don't need to wait until people meet the commitment criteria. you have something to offer that they will accept and that family members, you know, will feel satisfies their needs, th...