To order the Department of the Family, the Department of Education, the Mental Health and Counteraddiction Administration, the Department of Health and the Puerto Rico Police to establish, within a period of no more than 60 days, an emergency plan to address the crisis of child abuse and abuse in Puerto Rico, including a continuing education campaign in the media and on the social networks of the agencies; to order the Statistics Institute of Puerto Rico to enter into collaboration agreements with the Department of the Family and the Puerto Rico Police to publish an Annual Child Abuse Profile, within 180 days; to order the Puerto Rico Telecommunications Bureau to call on technology companies and telecommunications providers to take steps to ensure the safety of children in cyberspace, provide children with access to toll-free helplines, use their platforms to promote campaigns to prevent child abuse and abuse; order the Department of Housing to start educational campaigns and offer workshops on guidance on child abuse and maltreatment for all residents and participants in their programs; and for other purposes.

To order the Committee on Education, Art and Culture of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico to conduct an investigation into the level of compliance of the Puerto Rico Department of Education with the provisions of Law 165-2011, with regard to School Dropout Reports.

Date: March 18, 2024

To add new paragraphs to Article 2 of Law No. 254-2002, known as the “Office of Guidance and Services to Foreign Citizens in Puerto Rico”, which is attached to the Department of State, so that this office creates and keeps up to date a catalog of public entities, both local and federal, as well as third sector entities, local and international, that provide services and support to immigrants, regardless of the immigration status of the persons served; and for other related purposes.