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<dc:title>115 S1015 : National Suicide Hotline Improvement Act of 2017</dc:title> |
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<dc:publisher>U.S. Senate</dc:publisher> |
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<congress display="yes">115th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session> |
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<legis-num display="yes">S. 1015</legis-num> |
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<current-chamber display="yes">IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber> |
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<action-date>November 8, 2017</action-date> |
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<action-desc>Referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HIF00">Committee on Energy and Commerce</committee-name>, and in addition to the Committee on <committee-name committee-id="HVR00">Veterans' Affairs</committee-name>, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such |
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provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned</action-desc> |
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<legis-type display="yes">AN ACT</legis-type> |
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<official-title display="yes">To require the Federal Communications Commission to study the feasibility of designating a simple, |
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easy-to-remember dialing code to be used for a national suicide prevention |
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and mental health crisis hotline system.</official-title> |
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<legis-body display-enacting-clause="yes-display-enacting-clause" id="HEA4E312920E143438AB3E043EA49FDEF" style="OLC"> |
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<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcc30d117-17df-4c48-94af-24d42aafde6f" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>National Suicide Hotline Improvement Act of 2017</short-title></quote>.</text> </section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6b73382a-a47b-495a-9e6a-4073f2777abf" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this Act—</text> |
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<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id927796a5-4959-4225-81ea-78c9baa7f8c8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>Commission</term> means the Federal Communications Commission;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd23739ba-7781-45b0-9fe7-819e8f2d61dd"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>covered dialing code</term> means a simple, easy-to-remember, 3-digit dialing code; and</text> |
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</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida8644582-21de-461d-a14b-48c42a3b06fa"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>N11 dialing code</term> means an abbreviated dialing code consisting of 3 digits, of which—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbe360c54-b8b0-4ad3-9e05-d77a0c4cdf3b"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the first digit may be any digit other than <quote>1</quote> or <quote>0</quote>; and</text> |
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</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idad6e3181-221d-43b4-ab85-bb411450496f"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each of the last 2 digits is <quote>1</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id11ca5f83-92b9-4c7e-8103-afbd4ccbe3bc" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Studies and reports</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idce8f1032-1611-4229-8e74-663180c3bb3f"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Primary study</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd4520990-b2f6-4e87-9ceb-91231108773c"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, shall conduct a study that—</text> |
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<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id46724339-6275-460b-bb9b-71617a181f66"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">examines the feasibility of designating an N11 dialing code or other covered dialing code to be used for a national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system; and</text> |
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</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf2b49348-f1bc-4d73-8fda-e3ffb135e578"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">analyzes the effectiveness of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline as of the date on which the study is initiated, including how well the lifeline is working to address the needs of veterans.</text> |
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</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id93a83cfc-0890-4921-a74b-8d672006b456"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements</header> |
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<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCE48CA815A734F63BD271D7303BB845A"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Commission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In conducting the study under paragraph (1), the Commission shall—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id300d74e3-60f4-49e1-a4c7-717c9f546616"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consider—</text> |
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<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id072d4489-ffa1-450c-9fbb-0145f5482ad3"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each of the N11 dialing codes, including the codes that are used for other purposes; and</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id343c235b-42ea-4ece-9893-e4a643102302"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other covered dialing codes;</text> |
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</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id30dc9e31-bbba-483f-99bc-8f14c98ad07b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consult with the North American Numbering Council; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1E30974E0FBD482D81182655C1540852"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review the information provided by the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs under subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively, of this paragraph.</text> |
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</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA25D4BFC184B4647AD49EE19CEC55836"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">SAMHSA study and report to assist Commission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To assist the Commission in conducting the study under paragraph (1), the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use shall analyze and, not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, report to the Commission on—</text> |
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<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8B6CB9448A9F4AC48C03C19217E7C927"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the potential impact of the designation of an N11 dialing code, or other covered dialing code, for a suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system on—</text> |
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<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf54ca2b1-00ad-46d9-af9b-e34b4fd9ec8d"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">suicide prevention;</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2d414c57-1f0a-424e-ab43-90bc18c04fe3"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">crisis services; and</text> |
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</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17165d13-a8f7-44f5-ba01-2c5dec9c090e"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotlines, including—</text> <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id04DB21C20837456687A1F44871F2C84B"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline; and</text> |
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</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id62e72982-5ff8-48e0-bd5d-44d63e2d77c3"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Veterans Crisis Line; and</text> </item></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6EBE7DFDE6544FE0B4BEA670B2800D50"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">possible recommendations for improving the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline generally, which may include—</text> |
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<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF2B8E2ADC6014B22BF4F98D35375241E"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increased public education and awareness; and</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2491DC2ECFA14290AFE85680388C4971"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improved infrastructure and operations.</text> |
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</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ided8aae9e-abcc-4623-8616-95dc228c609a"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">VA study and report to assist Commission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To assist the Commission in conducting the study under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall study and, not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, report to the Commission on how well the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and the Veterans Crisis Line, as in effect on the date on which the study is initiated, is working to address the needs of veterans.</text> |
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</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0f2b7d41-68a6-4888-98b3-141669b5acab"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Primary Commission report</header> |
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<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id269B9CCE6779482AAEA31A66A8D086B3"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, shall submit a report on the study conducted under subsection (a) that recommends whether a particular N11 dialing code or other covered dialing code should be used for a national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system to—</text> |
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<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8D33693873AA4E8C831D828DE26D9105"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB42AD364DEFA4E8F885627DFAFBB9B15"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; and</text> |
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</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id34790E20CFE4418FB4E6374EAECD1727"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idACF52A9985B144C7BFA2893C3CA0B228"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the report submitted by the Commission under paragraph (1) recommends that a dialing code should be used, the report shall also—</text> |
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<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idae8be04c-20a9-4a37-9a42-244d01810aa0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">outline the logistics of designating such a dialing code;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc29be65c-26f8-4ace-8f46-7c664dea907e"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">estimate the costs associated with designating such a dialing code, including—</text> |
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<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id57e420ef-8e9d-4b10-865e-80f0670386f6"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the costs incurred by service providers, including—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfd07a72e-439d-443f-8902-30244c0027c2"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">translation changes in the network; and</text> |
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</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb6dfc068-4a2f-4509-a4a6-79a43c157590"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">cell site analysis and reprogramming by wireless carriers; and</text> </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0d165b6f-5cb3-4a4a-9fe9-7df22317c4d8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the costs incurred by States and localities;</text> |
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</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idab40d228-abb9-4623-9fa0-fdfa8f5b9216"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide recommendations for designating such a dialing code;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaa089730-fedd-4035-9936-aefc65fabdcf"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide a cost-benefit analysis comparing the recommended dialing code with the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, as in effect on the date on which the report is submitted; and</text> |
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</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddbacf8ee-e554-4490-b448-f48b1aaa5c44"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make other recommendations, as appropriate, for improving the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline generally, which may include—</text> |
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<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id07ff7df5-0886-4d07-a44d-36497a57014b"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increased public education and awareness; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf38f2bd4-18bf-444a-8c0c-a26dde5d5b18"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improved infrastructure and operations.</text> |
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</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section></legis-body><attestation><attestation-group><attestation-date chamber="Senate" date="20171107">Passed the Senate November 7, 2017.</attestation-date><attestor display="yes">Julie E. Adams,</attestor><role>Secretary</role></attestation-group></attestation> |
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