Date: November 1, 2022

To amend Articles 2, 3 and 5, add Articles 16 and 23 and renumber the current Articles 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22 of Law 209-2003, as amended, known as the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics Act, as Articles 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 24, respectively, in order to provide for the creation of the Office for Evaluation and Monitoring of the Implementation and Results of Public Policies of the Government of Puerto Rico, attached to the Institute of Statistics of Puerto Rico, to define its structure and functions; 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 Social Welfare and Family Affairs of the Senate of Puerto Rico to carry out a comprehensive study on the development, implementation and operation of the concept of Collaborative Housing (Co-housing) in Puerto Rico.