P. of C. 1520

Memorials
IEPR
04 March 2026

To amend Article 5 of Law 97 - 2018, known as the “Bill of Rights of People with Down Syndrome”, in order to impose on the Department of Health the obligation to establish a permanent external clinic, aimed at providing all the necessary and indispensable services for the full care and treatment of people aged zero (0) and older, with the condition of Down Syndrome; to provide for the creation and management of a registry of people with Down Syndrome, in order for the State to maintain statistics officers and create a profile of the cases that exist in Puerto Rico with this condition; and for other related purposes.

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