Date: April 4, 2022

Response to Senate Request for Information 202/033: The Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics presents the following information regarding the Puerto Rico Senate information request 2022 033 submitted by Senator Rosa Vélez, approved on March 22, 2022.

Date: June 1, 2022

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.

Date: June 21, 2023 R. del S. 716: To conduct research on the current public policy of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico related to identifying and quantifying the existing population of patients diagnosed with some type of dementia, the accessibility and quantity of public and private services necessary to care for and treat them, as well as compliance with all laws and regulations that cover this population; and for other related purposes.