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.

To amend articles 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27; and to add a new article 19A to Act No. 134 of June 28, 1969, as amended, known as the “Puerto Rico Explosives Act”, with the purpose of establishing a modern, agile and harmonized regulatory framework for manufacturing, use, possession, storage, sale, transfer and disposal of explosives and regulated substances; restructure the pricing scheme to reflect actual costs associated with the issuance of permits, supervision, inspection and oversight operations; and for other related purposes.

Date: September 1, 2021

To order the Committee on Women's Affairs of the Senate of Puerto Rico to conduct research and analysis on the stigma, discrimination and invisibility of adult women over sixty years of age in Puerto Rico and how the intersection of ageism and sexism affects their well-being, rights, and opportunities in the emotional, social, family, legal, financial and health spheres, as well as the services available by government agencies and non-profit and private entities.