To order the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics to conduct a study on the cost of medical practice in Puerto Rico in order to provide data to justify before the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) the need for an adjustment in payments to healthcare providers under the Medicare Fee Schedule; and for other related purposes.

To amend Articles 2, 3, 9, 10 and 36 of Act No. 24 of April 1931, as amended, known as the “Puerto Rico Demographic Registration Act”, in order to include in the Death Certificate the identification of natural disasters as a contributing factor to death; and to order the Demographic Registration and Vital Statistics Division of the Department of Health to send the report every six months with vital statistics to the Puerto Rico Statistics Institute and for other related purposes.
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: June 12, 2023 P. de la C. 1750: To create the “Law to Establish the New Teaching Model by Creating Citizens” as an alternative educational methodology in schools of the Department of Education; to establish its purpose and public policy; to establish the guidelines of the teaching methodology; to structure the metrics and evaluation instruments; to authorize an extended schedule and expand the academic offer from the maternal period; to enable a novel extracurricular program adapted to the 21st century; to authorize a register of affiliated entities and design a permanent collaborative agreement; create the “Auxiliary Secretariat for Creating Citizens”; state its purpose, functions, duties and responsibilities; establish the responsibilities of teaching staff under this doctrinal reformulation; lay the foundations for their financial autonomy and provide direct access to municipal, state and federal funds; recognize the power to adopt regulations; amend Articles 2.01, 2.04, 2.05 and 7.01 of Law 85-2018, as amended, known as the “Puerto Rico Educational Reform Act”; add a new paragraph E to Section 1033.10 (a) (1), and add a new paragraph (v) to Section 1033.15 (a) (3) (B) of Law 1-2011, as amended, known as the “Internal Revenue Code for a New Puerto Rico”, in order to establish tax credits for companies that provide economic or human resources to this new academic model and allow a deduction by donation or contribution for incidental expenses for contributions made through a collaborative agreement with the schools participating in the “Creating Citizens” teaching model; and For others related purposes.

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