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Title 47: Telecommunication
PART 52—NUMBERING
Subpart E—Universal Dialing Code for National Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Crisis Hotline System
Contents
§52.200 Designation of 988 for a National Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Crisis Hotline.
Appendix to Part 52—Deployment Schedule for Long-Term Database Methods for Local Number Portability
Source: 85 FR 57783, Sept. 16, 2020, unless otherwise noted.
Back to Top§52.200 Designation of 988 for a National Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Crisis Hotline.
(a) 988 is established as the 3-digit dialing code for a national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system maintained by the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
(b) All covered providers shall transmit all calls initiated by an end user dialing 988 to the current toll free access number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, presently 1-800-273-8255 (TALK).
(c) All covered providers shall complete 10-digit dialing implementation in areas that use 7-digit dialing and have assigned 988 as a central office code as defined in §52.7(c) by July 16, 2022.
(d) All covered providers shall complete all changes to their systems that are necessary to implement the designation of the 988 dialing code by July 16, 2022.
(e) For purposes of complying with the requirements of this section,
(1) The term “covered provider” means any telecommunications carrier, interconnected VoIP provider, or provider of one-way VoIP.
(2) The term “one-way VoIP”—
(i) Means a service that—
(A) Enables real-time, two-way voice communications;
(B) Requires a broadband connection from the user's location;
(C) Requires internet protocol-compatible customer premises equipment; and
(D) Permits users generally to receive calls that originate on the public switched telephone network or to terminate calls to the public switched telephone network.
(ii) Does not include any service that is an interconnected VoIP service.
Appendix to Part 52—Deployment Schedule for Long-Term Database Methods for Local Number Portability
Implementation must be completed by the carriers in the relevant MSAs during the periods specified below:
| Phase I—10/1/97-3/31/98 | |
| Chicago, IL | 3 |
| Philadelphia, PA | 4 |
| Atlanta, GA | 8 |
| New York, NY | 2 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 1 |
| Houston, TX | 7 |
| Minneapolis, MN | 12 |
| Phase II—1/1/98-5/15/98 | |
| Detroit, MI | 6 |
| Cleveland, OH | 20 |
| Washington, DC | 5 |
| Baltimore, MD | 18 |
| Miami, FL | 24 |
| Fort Lauderdale, FL | 39 |
| Orlando, FL | 40 |
| Cincinnati, OH | 30 |
| Tampa, FL | 23 |
| Boston, MA | 9 |
| Riverside, CA | 10 |
| San Diego, CA | 14 |
| Dallas, TX | 11 |
| St. Louis, MO | 16 |
| Phoenix, AZ | 17 |
| Seattle, WA | 22 |
| Phase III—4/1/98-6/30/98 | |
| Indianapolis, IN | 34 |
| Milwaukee, WI | 35 |
| Columbus, OH | 38 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 19 |
| Newark, NJ | 25 |
| Norfolk, VA | 32 |
| New Orleans, LA | 41 |
| Charlotte, NC | 43 |
| Greensboro, NC | 48 |
| Nashville, TN | 51 |
| Las Vegas, NV | 50 |
| Nassau, NY | 13 |
| Buffalo, NY | 44 |
| Orange Co, CA | 15 |
| Oakland, CA | 21 |
| San Francisco, CA | 29 |
| Rochester, NY | 49 |
| Kansas City, KS | 28 |
| Fort Worth, TX | 33 |
| Hartford, CT | 46 |
| Denver, CO | 26 |
| Portland, OR | 27 |
| Phase IV—7/1/98-9/30/98 | |
| Grand Rapids, MI | 56 |
| Dayton, OH | 61 |
| Akron, OH | 73 |
| Gary, IN | 80 |
| Bergen, NJ | 42 |
| Middlesex, NJ | 52 |
| Monmouth, NJ | 54 |
| Richmond, VA | 63 |
| Memphis, TN | 53 |
| Louisville, KY | 57 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 58 |
| Raleigh, NC | 59 |
| West Palm Beach, FL | 62 |
| Greenville, SC | 66 |
| Honolulu, HI | 65 |
| Providence, RI | 47 |
| Albany, NY | 64 |
| San Jose, CA | 31 |
| Sacramento, CA | 36 |
| Fresno, CA | 68 |
| San Antonio, TX | 37 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 55 |
| Austin, TX | 60 |
| Salt Lake City, UT | 45 |
| Tucson, AZ | 71 |
| Phase V—10/1/98-12/31/98 | |
| Toledo, OH | 81 |
| Youngstown, OH | 85 |
| Ann Arbor, MI | 95 |
| Fort Wayne, IN | 100 |
| Scranton, PA | 78 |
| Allentown, PA | 82 |
| Harrisburg, PA | 83 |
| Jersey City, NJ | 88 |
| Wilmington, DE | 89 |
| Birmingham, AL | 67 |
| Knoxville, KY | 79 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 87 |
| Charleston, SC | 92 |
| Sarasota, FL | 93 |
| Mobile, AL | 96 |
| Columbia, SC | 98 |
| Tulsa, OK | 70 |
| Syracuse, NY | 69 |
| Springfield, MA | 86 |
| Ventura, CA | 72 |
| Bakersfield, CA | 84 |
| Stockton, CA | 94 |
| Vallejo, CA | 99 |
| El Paso, TX | 74 |
| Little Rock, AR | 90 |
| Wichita, KS | 97 |
| New Haven, CT | 91 |
| Omaha, NE | 75 |
| Albuquerque, NM | 76 |
| Tacoma, WA | 77 |
[62 FR 18295, Apr. 15, 1997]