Date: August 29, 2022

To create the “Act for the Establishment of a Multisectoral, Uniform and Coordinated Stroke Management System in Puerto Rico”; which establishes public policy for the care of this condition within our jurisdiction; designate the Department of Health of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as the leading agency in the development, implementation, oversight and enforcement of the public policy required by this Act; establish the Multidisciplinary Public Policy Committee on the management and care of cerebrovascular accidents (“Stroke”); and for other related purposes.

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.

To order the Committee on Economic Development, Planning, Telecommunications, Public-Private Partnerships and Energy, of the House of Representatives of the Government of Puerto Rico, to conduct research on present and future plans related to the economic and social resources of our government, including municipalities, designed to meet the needs of our aging population. This will include, but not be limited to, health, housing, safety and other issues.