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Puerto Rico Senate approves two interim appointments, advances health-access bill and orders payroll probe
Summary
The Senate approved interim appointments for Education and Emergency Management leaders, introduced a bill to improve services for Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis patients, and moved forward a resolution to investigate Department of Education payroll overpayments dating to 2007.
The Senate considered several resolutions and bills and approved two interim executive appointments while directing attention to health access and alleged payroll irregularities.
Speaker 3 (Unidentified Speaker) presented a resolution expressing the Senate’s approval of Eliezer Ramos Parés as interim Secretary of the Department of Education, allowing him to continue leading the agency through the end of the second ordinary session of the 19th Legislative Assembly. A voice vote was called and the resolution was announced as approved.
Speaker 3 also presented a separate resolution designating Nino Correa Filomeno as interim commissioner of the Emergency Management and Disaster Administration Bureau (NMEAD). The body took a voice vote and the resolution was…
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