Wireline Bureau Working on Suicide Hotline Recommendation, Pai Says
With the Aug. 14 deadline for an FCC recommendation on a three-digit code for a national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline nearing, the Wireline Bureau is working on the report, Chairman Ajit Pai said in a letter dated…
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July 19 to Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., posted Friday. Pai said before implementation of any recommendation, the agency would initiate a notice and comment proceeding. Pai responded to a Manchin letter dated May 7 asking Pai and Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie how they're trying to increase awareness of the VA crisis line. The FCC North American Numbering Council has recommended expanded use of 211 for the hotline (see 1905080020).