It would be ‘premature and legally barred’ for the FCC to approve...
It would be “premature and legally barred” for the FCC to approve a government agency request for three toll-free suicide prevention hotline numbers without first acting on a pending request for review of a related decision, said Kirstin Brooks…
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Hope Center. The center filed for review shortly after the FCC’s Wireline Bureau temporary reassignment in January of Hope Center numbers to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration. SAMHSA now wants the numbers assigned permanently. “The SAMHSA petition cannot be granted without having the direct and immediate effect of denying the KBHC application for review,” the center said in comments filed Friday. “The Commission must first resolve the issues raised by KBHC.” The dispute arose last year after KBHC fell behind in payments to telecom carrier, Patriot Communications, and SAMHSA raised concern about Hope Center’s financial ability to operate the numbers.