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House commission reviews bills on child protection and elder-care; debates $3 police-pension fee, lacks quorum and sends measures to referendum
Summary
The House of Representatives' Commission on Social Welfare reviewed amendments to Family First, elder-care emergency mitigation and a bill to fund police pensions (a proposed $3 certification fee); the committee circulated measures but lacked quorum and opted to submit the amended texts to a referendum vote scheduled later the same day.
The Commission on Social Welfare, Persons with Disabilities and Older Adults of the House of Representatives met June 4, 2024 to consider a cluster of social-justice bills, including changes to Family First child-protection law, emergency-mitigation steps for elder-care facilities and a proposal to fund police retirements.
The commission’s president (name not provided in the transcript), citing internal rules, described the agenda as focusing on ‘‘protección a menores y adultos mayores’’ and said the body would also consider ‘‘los fondos para el retiro para la policía de Puerto Rico.’’ On the police-pension item (identified in the record as Proyecto de la Cámara 1817), the president described an…
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