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.

Date: February 24, 2017

To amend Article 6 of Law 209-2003, as amended, to provide that the Institute of Statistics of Puerto Rico may request, accept and receive donations, and set and collect reasonable fees for obtaining information and studies that originate, analyze or disclose by the Institute; that the sums collected by this concept will be entered into a special account called “Special Fund of the Institute of Statistics of Puerto Rico”, which may be used to defray the operating and operating expenses of the Institute and the statistical activities that the Institute determines; to amend Article 8 of the above-mentioned Act No. 209-2003, to establish that the Board of Directors of the Institute has the power to approve the acquisition of equipment, materials and services whose value exceeds one hundred thousand ($100,000) dollars; and to amend Article 11 of the aforementioned Law 209-2003, to provide that the Executive Director shall have the authority to establish a work unit and allocate the necessary resources for, at the request of any person, private entity or body government, or the Judicial Branch, offer the following services: (i) receive and evaluate inquiries; and issue opinions or advice; (ii) carry out analyses, surveys, studies and research within the scope of their competencies; (iii) provide all kinds of specialized technical services in the field of statistics; (iv) provide expert services; (v) design and offer all kinds of training; and (vi) provide any other service that falls within the framework of the Institute's competencies and specialized knowledge; as well as established by regulating the fees, compensation, payment system or the cost of each service; and for other purposes.

Para establecer el reconocimiento oficial de la Lengua de Señas Puertorriqueña (LSP) como la lengua natural de la comunidad sorda en Puerto Rico, establecer como política pública la garantía a la inclusión, la diversidad y el respeto a los derechos lingüísticos de todas las personas, mandatar un censo dirigido a recopilar información estadística sobre la comunidad sorda en Puerto Rico, y para otros fines relacionados.