Federal Communications Commission DA 11-1875
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration Petition for Permanent 
Reassignment of Three Toll Free Suicide 
Prevention Hotline Numbers 
Toll Free Service Access Codes
Joint Petition of the U.S. Department of Health 
and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services Administration and the 
Kristin Brooks Hope Center
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WC Docket No. 07-271
CC Docket No. 95-155
ORDER
Adopted:  November 10, 2011 Released:  November 10, 2011
By the Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau:
1. In this Order, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) grants a petition to extend the 
temporary assignment1 of three toll free numbers to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration (SAMHSA).  SAMHSA and the Kristin Brooks Hope Center (KBHC) jointly filed the 
petition for extension.2 The Bureau’s current assignment of the three toll free numbers expires on 
  
1 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s 
Petition for the Permanent Reassignment of Three Toll Free Suicide Prevention Numbers, WC Docket No. 07-271, 
Toll Free Service Access Codes, CC Docket No. 95-155, Order and Request for Comment, 26 FCC Rcd 327, 332, 
para. 17 (temporarily reassigning the numbers to SAMHSA until June 1, 2011) (Order and Request for Comment); 
see also U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration Petition for the Permanent Reassignment of Three Toll Free Suicide Prevention Hotline Numbers, 
WC Docket No. 07-271, Toll Free Service Access Codes, CC Docket No. 95-155, Order, 26 FCC Rcd 1395, 96, 
para. 3 (2011) (extending the temporary reassignment until June 15, 2011 to allow the parties additional time to 
collect and provide detailed information to the Commission); U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Petition for the Permanent Reassignment of Three Toll 
Free Suicide Prevention Hotline Numbers, WC Docket No. 07-271, Toll Free Service Access Codes, CC Docket No. 
95-155, Order, 26 FCC Rcd 8454, 55, para. 3 (2011) (extending the temporary reassignment until September 12, 
2011); U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
Petition for the Permanent Reassignment of Three Toll Free Suicide Prevention Hotline Numbers, WC Docket No. 
07-271, Toll Free Service Access Codes, CC Docket No. 95-155, Order, 26 FCC Rcd 12735, 37, para. 3 (2011) 
(extending the temporary reassignment until November 14, 2011) (Remand Extension Order 3).
2 Joint Petition of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration and the Kristin Brooks Hope Center, CC Docket No. 95-155, WC Docket No. 07-271 (filed Oct. 28, 
2011) (Joint Petition).
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November 14, 2011.3 The Bureau grants the parties’ request and extends the current temporary 
assignment until December 30, 2011.
2. The Commission’s Order assigning these three toll free numbers from KBHC to SAMHSA4
was remanded to the Commission by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D. C. Circuit on December 3, 
2010.5 The Bureau sought comment on issues raised in the D.C. Court Remand, and both KBHC and 
SAMHSA responded.6 In their request for an extension, SAMHSA and KBHC state that “[g]iven the 
numerous legal and factual issues raised in the remand proceeding” an extension will “better enable the 
Commission to review the detailed information provided by the parties….”7 We agree with the parties 
and find that good cause exists to extend the current assignment until December 30, 2011.
3. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to sections 1, 4(i) and 251(e) of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. §§ 151, 154(i), and 251(e), sections 1.3 and 52.111 
of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 1.3 and 52.111, and pursuant to authority delegated under 
sections 0.91 and 0.291 of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.91 and 0.291,8 the current assignment 
of toll free numbers 1-800-784-2433 (1-800-SUICIDE), 1-877-784-2432 (1-877-SUICIDA), and 1-888-
784-2433 (1-888-SUICIDE) to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration IS 
EXTENDED to December 30, 2011.
  
3 Remand Extension Order 3 at 13727, para 3.
4 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s 
Petition for the Permanent Reassignment of Three Toll Free Suicide Prevention Numbers, WC Docket No. 07-271, 
Toll Free Service Access Codes, CC Docket No. 95-155, Memorandum Opinion and Order and Order on Review, 24 
FCC Rcd 13022 (2009) (Reassignment Order).  KBHC is a private, non-profit organization and SAMHSA is a 
component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 
5 Kristin Brooks Hope Center v. FCC, 626 F.3d 586 (D.C. Cir. 2010) (D.C. Court Remand).  For a complete history 
of this proceeding, see Order and Request for Comment, 26 FCC Rcd at 327-329, paras. 1-4.
6 See Comments of the Kristin Brooks Hope Center, WC Docket No. 07-271, CC Docket No. 95-155 (filed Feb. 28, 
2011); see also Reply Comments of the Kristin Brooks Hope Center, WC Docket No. 07-271, CC Docket No. 95-
155 (filed Mar. 7, 2011); Comments of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services Administration, WC Docket No. 07-271, CC Docket No. 95-155 (filed Feb. 28, 2011); 
Reply Comments of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration, WC Docket No. 07-271, CC Docket No. 95-155 (filed Mar. 7, 2011).
7 Joint Petition at 2.
8 See 47 U.S.C. § 155(c).
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4. It is FURTHER ORDERED that, pursuant to sections 1, 4(i) and 251(e) of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. §§ 151, 154(i), and 251(e), sections 1.3 and 52.111 
of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 1.3 and 52.111, and pursuant to authority delegated under 
sections 0.91 and 0.291 of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.91 and 0.291, the Joint Petition filed 
by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration and the Kristin Brooks Hope Center on October 28, 2011 IS GRANTED.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Sharon E. Gillett
Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau