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2024-10-10 22:33:14 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: AC1B673B8ECEC4A47B47D6A83231E90C29C050A17F3727E589D5829DD5993389
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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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