Contracting For Crisis

Recently, the U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra, along with U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), joined the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Chairwoman, Jessica Rosenworcel, as they announced improvements to the 9-8-8 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (see;Padilla, Tillis, Cárdenas, HHS Secretary Becerra Join FCC Commissioner Rosenworcel To Announce Proposal For Improved Routing Of Wireless Calls To the 9-8-8 Lifeline).;The proposal seeks to address the program's limitations as calls are currently routed by area code rather than caller location, causing . . .