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FCC Adopts Rules to Promote Reliable Access to 988 Lifeline

  • Full Title:
    Ensuring the Reliability and Resiliency of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline; Amendments to Part 4 of the Commission's Rules Concerning Disruptions to Communications; Implementation of the National Suicide Hotline Improvement Act of 2018
  • Document Type:
    Report and Order
  • Bureau(s):
    Public Safety and Homeland Security
  • Description
    FCC adopts rules to help ensure that the public has access to the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline if a service outage occurs.
  • DA/FCC #:
    FCC-23-57
  • Docket No:
    23-5
    15-80
    18-336
  • FCC Record Citation:
    38 FCC Rcd 6917 (8)
  • FCC Record:
    FCC-23-57A1_Rcd.pdf

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Report and Order: docx pdf txt

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