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RC 394

Para ordenar a la Comisión de Adultos Mayores y Bienestar Social de la Cámara de Representantes del Gobierno de Puerto Rico realizar una investigación exhaustiva sobre el proceso de implementación en el Departamento de la Familia de las disposiciones de la Ley Federal conocida como “Family First Prevention Services Act”; investigar cuáles criterios utiliza el Departamento de la Familia para asignar fondos a los hogares de crianza, establecimientos residenciales y programas de tratamiento residencial cualificado para el cuidado y la atención de las necesidades de cada menor bajo la custodia de estos; investigar a cuáles hogares de crianza, establecimientos residenciales y programas de tratamiento residencial cualificado el Departamento de la Familia ha denegado propuestas de servicios y cuáles son las circunstancias para dicha denegación; investigar la constancia del Departamento de la Familia en los pagos realizados a los hogares de crianza, establecimientos residenciales y programas de tratamiento residencial cualificado, destinados a sufragar los gastos de cuidado y atención de cada menor bajo la custodia de estos; investigar cuáles son los criterios para remover a un menor de edad de un hogar de crianza, establecimiento residencial o programa de tratamiento residencial cualificado y dónde ubican a dichos menores; y para otros fines relacionados.

2025-2028 Session

The bill directs an investigation into how the Department of Family implements FFPSA, funds and payments to foster homes, residential facilities, and QRTPs, and criteria for placem

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Bill Summary · RC 394

Summary — RC 394 (Resolution)

Title (Spanish): Para ordenar a la Comisión de Adultos Mayores y Bienestar Social de la Cámara de Representantes del Gobierno de Puerto Rico realizar una investigación exhaustiva...

Main purpose

RC 394 is a House resolution that orders the Cámara de Representantes’ Comisión de Adultos Mayores y Bienestar Social to conduct a comprehensive investigation into how the Departamento de la Familia is implementing the federal Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) and related policies affecting foster care, residential placement, and qualified residential treatment programs (QRTPs). The resolution seeks to evaluate decision-making, funding flows, payment practices and placement/removal criteria for minors under the Department’s custody.

Key provisions / investigative topics

The resolution directs the Commission to examine, at minimum:
- How the Departamento de la Familia has implemented the federal FFPSA requirements and transitions tied to that law.
- The criteria the Department uses to assign funds to:
- foster homes (hogares de crianza),
- residential facilities (establecimientos residenciales), and
- qualified residential treatment programs (programas de tratamiento residencial cualificado).
- Which providers’ service proposals have been denied by the Department and the circumstances/reasons for those denials.
- The consistency and timeliness of payments from the Department to foster homes, residential facilities and QRTPs intended to cover the costs of care for each minor.
- The criteria and procedures used to remove a minor from a placement (foster home, residential facility, QRTP) and where those minors are subsequently placed.
- Any other matters related to these topics necessary to fully inform oversight and potential policy responses.

Who is affected

  • Departamento de la Familia (primary subject of the investigation)
  • Foster families, residential facilities, and QRTPs that provide care to minors
  • Minors under the custody of the Department and their families
  • Providers and organizations that submit service proposals to the Department
  • Legislators and policymakers who may use the Commission’s findings to propose changes

Procedural / timeline status

  • Introduced (radicado): August 13, 2025
  • Appeared in first reading: August 18, 2025; referred to committee(s)
  • Committee actions: 1er Informe (first committee report) with amendments issued September 4, 2025; report entered (entirillado) same day
  • Current status: Remitido a Comisión de Calendarios de la Cámara (referred to the House Calendars Committee)

Potential impacts

If pursued, the investigation could increase transparency of Department practices, identify gaps in compliance with federal FFPSA requirements, highlight funding or payment irregularities, and produce recommendations for legislative or administrative reforms affecting child welfare placement, provider reimbursement, and protections for minors in care. The resolution itself does not change law; it initiates oversight activity.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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