Date: March 6, 2013

To order the Health and Nutrition Commission; and the Committee on Education, Training and Individual Development of the Puerto Rico Senate to conduct an investigation regarding the administration of the revalidity exam for aspiring doctors, in order to determine if it has been administered in accordance with the provisions of Law 139? 2008, known as the “Medical Licensing and Discipline Board Act”; and to the criteria that apply in the United States for the same type of exam offered in Puerto Rico.

‍To order the Puerto Rico Senate's Commission for the Development of Community Initiatives to conduct research into the functions of the “Puerto Rico Substance Use and Abuse Observatory”, attached to the Administration of Mental Health and Addiction Services (ASSMCA), the current scope of its statistical compilation and its use for public policy formulation. This legislative research must include an analysis of the need and viability of reconfiguring this program to establish a “Drug Observatory” as a multidisciplinary entity with the function of integrating, analyzing and disseminating up-to-date information on drug consumption and trafficking in Puerto Rico and related crimes in a way that allows a better understanding of this social phenomenon and contributes to the formulation and implementation of policies, decision-making, design and evaluation of programs and projects.

Date: November 9, 2022

To order the Integrated Development and Public Funds Oversight Commission of the Western Region of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico to conduct an investigation in relation to the population density in the municipalities of Mayagüez and San Germán, the birth rate compared to other decades and the emigration of people from these towns to other places in Puerto Rico or outside the island; in order to verify if there is depopulation, depopulation or any other phenomenon; if there is, identify governmental or legislative alternatives to prevent population loss in these towns and their communities; and for other related purposes.