Date: February 10, 2015

To amend Article 5 of Law 209? 2003, as amended, known as the “Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics Act”, for the purpose of empowering the Institute to develop continuing education initiatives to promote knowledge in the field of data collection and statistics systems, and the public policy established in said law, and to coordinate this initiative with other public and private institutions, including universities in and outside Puerto Rico, the Office of Government Ethics, the Office of the Comptroller, the Federation and Association of Mayors, and for other 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.

Date: March 29, 2022

To create the “Protocol Act for the Determination of the Cause and Manner of Deaths Related to Natural Disasters or Catastrophic Events”, for the purpose of adopting a protocol for determining the cause and manner of death in cases where environmental factors related to a natural disaster or a catastrophic event contribute to the death of a person; to provide for mechanisms for collecting information on deaths related to natural disasters or catastrophic events; for the creation of a Committee Interagency for Official Disclosure of Information on Statistical Data on Deaths Related to Natural Disasters or Catastrophic Events; and for other related purposes.