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2024-10-10 22:52:58 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 5740F0E5888CF75B047EC1CF60D3334B49524B861FD1B3E06C7825E1FE5E68CC
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The 988 Lifeline, known originally as the National Suicide Prevention Hotline, launched in 2005: https://988lifeline.org/about/ FCC approval to transition the 10-digit hotline number to '988' came in 2019, under Pres. Trump: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50781661 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/15/us/suicide-prevention-hotline-988.html The bill to create this 3 digit hotline was also signed into law by Trump: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/10/19/925447354/new-law-creates-988-hotline-for-mental-health-emergencies https://www.aha.org/news/headline/2020-10-20-president-signs-national-suicide-hotline-bill-law
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