To amend Article 3 of Law 209-2003, as amended, known as the “Puerto Rico Statistics Institute Act” to provide that the Office of the Comptroller extends the term of audits of the accounts and operations of the Puerto Rico Statistics Institute to three (3) years; and for other related purposes.

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

To order the Puerto Rico Statistics Institute, within a strict compliance period of three (3) months, to take appropriate steps to request that a question about deafness and hearing loss be included in the 2030 Census and the Puerto Rico Community Survey; and to establish other complementary provisions.