P. of C. 1649

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IEPR
17 December 2025

Date: May 26, 2009

To create the “Law for the Restructuring and Unification of the Evaluation and Granting of Permits Process” for the purpose of establishing the legal and administrative framework that will govern the application, evaluation, granting and denial of permits by the Government of Puerto Rico.

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P. of C. 1649

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P. of C. 1750

Date: June 12, 2023 P. de la C. 1750: To create the “Law to Establish the New Teaching Model by Creating Citizens” as an alternative educational methodology in schools of the Department of Education; to establish its purpose and public policy; to establish the guidelines of the teaching methodology; to structure the metrics and evaluation instruments; to authorize an extended schedule and expand the academic offer from the maternal period; to enable a novel extracurricular program adapted to the 21st century; to authorize a register of affiliated entities and design a permanent collaborative agreement; create the “Auxiliary Secretariat for Creating Citizens”; state its purpose, functions, duties and responsibilities; establish the responsibilities of teaching staff under this doctrinal reformulation; lay the foundations for their financial autonomy and provide direct access to municipal, state and federal funds; recognize the power to adopt regulations; amend Articles 2.01, 2.04, 2.05 and 7.01 of Law 85-2018, as amended, known as the “Puerto Rico Educational Reform Act”; add a new paragraph E to Section 1033.10 (a) (1), and add a new paragraph (v) to Section 1033.15 (a) (3) (B) of Law 1-2011, as amended, known as the “Internal Revenue Code for a New Puerto Rico”, in order to establish tax credits for companies that provide economic or human resources to this new academic model and allow a deduction by donation or contribution for incidental expenses for contributions made through a collaborative agreement with the schools participating in the “Creating Citizens” teaching model; and For others related purposes.

R. of S. 89

Date: April 30, 2025

To order the Puerto Rico Senate Health Commission to conduct an investigation into the uniformity in the application of immunity and the establishment of a cap on claims for medical malpractice exclusively in cases of negligence in Puerto Rico, considering the differences in the legal protection granted to doctors under the jurisdiction of the Industrial Commission compared to those who practice with or without privileges in private medical facilities, in order to identify mechanisms that contribute to the retention of the medical profession on the Island.

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Date: August 15, 2022

To implement the Plan to Quantify Unpaid Work in Puerto Rico; create the Special Committee to Quantify Time Use in Puerto Rico; order the Committee to carry out a Time Use Survey; establish the functions, purpose and composition of the Committee; and order the Committee to quantify the magnitude of unpaid work, analyze the gender disparity in participation in unpaid work, study demographic and social variables that affect the disparity of participation in unpaid work, and quantify the value of unpaid work within the Gross National Product.