Date: June 8, 2021

To order the Social Welfare and Aging Affairs; and Life and Family Committees of the Puerto Rico Senate to conduct an investigation into child abuse in Puerto Rico, including, but not limited to: handling complaints of child abuse and the services provided to victims by the Department of the Family, the Department of Health, the Department of Education, the Puerto Rico Police and the Department of Justice; the methodology and collection of child abuse statistics in Puerto Rico used by government agencies such as: the Department of the Family, the Puerto Rico Police, the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics; examine the processes for updating and reliability of statistics and government efforts for the prevention of child abuse.

To amend paragraphs (gg) and (mm) and add a new paragraph (rr) to Article 1.02; to amend paragraph (e) of Article 2.02 of Act No. 168-2019, as amended, known as the “Puerto Rico Weapons Act of 2020”, to establish the mandatory requirement for the use of a holster for carrying firearms; and for other related purposes.

To order the Department of Family Affairs, in coordination with the Planning Board, the Institute of Statistics and the Office of Preparedness and Coordination of Public Health Response (OPCRSP) of the Department of Health of the Government of Puerto Rico, to carry out a special census on the vulnerable population of Puerto Rico, as defined in the study prepared by George Washington University after the devastating hurricane Maria, the result of which must be submitted to the Legislative Assembly on or before January 30, 2019; and for others related purposes.