Date: October 22, 2015

To establish the “Puerto Rico Vital Event Registration Act”, for the purpose of establishing the Puerto Rico Vital Event Registration Office (OREV), attached to the Department of Health; establishing its functions and responsibilities; providing for a minimum amount of local records; creating the management position of State Registrar; establishing minimum requirements, the term, functions and powers of the position; implementing a security method to the Vital Events System for public health, national security, and others; establish procedures for handling legal documents provided for in the Act, such as certificates and reports of vital events; impose controls to prepare, maintain and disclose the content of vital records and reports in their custody; repeal Act No. 24 of April 22, 1931, as amended, known as the “Puerto Rico Demographic Registration Act”; repeal Act No. 4 of December 4, 1947; repeal Act No. 370 of May 13

Para establecer el reconocimiento oficial de la Lengua de Señas Puertorriqueña (LSP) como la lengua natural de la comunidad sorda en Puerto Rico, establecer como política pública la garantía a la inclusión, la diversidad y el respeto a los derechos lingüísticos de todas las personas, mandatar un censo dirigido a recopilar información estadística sobre la comunidad sorda en Puerto Rico, y para otros fines relacionados.

To create the “Puerto Rico Financial Transparency Act” for the purpose of government agencies, public corporations and municipalities establishing a collaborative agreement with the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics to join its financial transparency platform.