Explanatory Memorial requested by the Joint Commission for the Continuous Review of the Puerto Rico Criminal Code for the public hearing entitled “Protecting Minors in Digital Environments: Identifying Legal Gaps in the Puerto Rico Criminal Code Regarding Grooming in Preparatory Stages, Cyberbullying as an Autonomous Crime and Sextortion of Minors

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.

Date: March 29, 2022

To create the “Protocol Act for the Determination of the Cause and Manner of Deaths Related to Natural Disasters or Catastrophic Events”, for the purpose of adopting a protocol for determining the cause and manner of death in cases where environmental factors related to a natural disaster or a catastrophic event contribute to the death of a person; to provide for mechanisms for collecting information on deaths related to natural disasters or catastrophic events; for the creation of a Committee Interagency for Official Disclosure of Information on Statistical Data on Deaths Related to Natural Disasters or Catastrophic Events; and for other related purposes.