Date: May 25, 2011

Budget request for fiscal year 2011-12 before the Puerto Rico Senate.

To amend Article 7 of Law 246-2011, as amended, known as the “Child Safety, Welfare and Protection Act”, to establish an interdisciplinary working group to evaluate minors suspected of domestic abuse, which will be activated when a situation where a situation is identified or reported where a minor with any trauma, injury or condition that appears to be not accidental is identified or reported; to expand the scope of action, duties and functions of the Death Review Panel of the Department of Family; and for other related purposes.P. of C. 850: To amend Act No. 246-2011, as amended, known as the “Child Safety, Welfare and Protection Act”, to add Articles 78 and 79, to establish diversion programs for the purpose of re-educating and retraining first offenders who engage in abusive or negligent conduct against minors, and to order the Department of the Family to prepare

To order the Puerto Rico Statistics Institute to carry out a formal census, with all the necessary research and scientific guidelines to help clarify the number of deaf people in the country, as well as their peculiarities and language used to communicate.