Date: June 5, 2013

To order the Commission on Social Welfare and for the Eradication of Poverty, of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the collection and methodology used by the agencies of the Executive Branch, in particular, the Department of Health and the Department of the Family, in relation to child abuse statistics in Puerto Rico; to examine the methods of updating and reliability of the statistics collected; to examine the development of reliable processes of child abuse complaints; identify resources and/or alternatives to establish and/or improve a uniform and coordinated system for collecting statistics on child abuse; and for other related purposes.

Date: October 15, 2013

To amend Articles 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11 and 58 of Law 246? 2011, known as the “Child Safety, Welfare and Protection Act”, with the purpose of adding “human trafficking” in any of its forms as one of the forms of child abuse contemplated as public policy in this law; adding “human trafficking” as one of the definitions of child sexual abuse; including “human trafficking” as part of the definition of mistreatment and institutional abuse; defining the conduct or concept of “human trafficking”; including prevention against human trafficking as an obligation of both the family as of the State; include human trafficking as one of the instances in which the Department of Justice and the Puerto Rico Police must carry out joint investigations when cases of abuse are referred to or presented; include cases of human trafficking in the Central Register of Protection Cases; include, within the responsibilities of the Department of the Family...

Date: June 28, 2021

To order the Department of the Family and the Institute of Statistics of Puerto Rico to jointly prepare and publish an Annual Child Abuse Profile.