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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 29 - Government Personnel (§§ 641 — 706) › § 705b - Payment of Bar Association fees

The agencies, offices, branches, instrumentalities, and public corporations of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall pay or reimburse the payment of the Bar Association members’ fees to the attorneys they retain as employees in their respective offices.
The payment or reimbursement of the Bar Association membership fee shall apply only while the attorney is rendering legal services, whether advisory or litigation, thus shall not apply when the attorney is only performing administrative services or other types of counseling. The payment or reimbursement of the Bar Association membership fees shall not apply to attorneys who render services under contract.
History —Jan. 13, 2004, No. 53, § 3, retroactive to Jan. 1, 2004.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 29 - Government Personnel (§§ 641 — 706) › § 705c - Regulations

The agencies, offices, branches, instrumentalities and public corporations of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall establish the necessary regulations to comply with the provisions of §§ 705a—705d of this title.
History —Jan. 13, 2004, No. 53, § 4, retroactive to Jan. 1, 2004.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 29 - Government Personnel (§§ 641 — 706) › § 705d - Prohibition

The payment of the Bar Association members’ fees shall [not] be attributed to any salary, per diem, bonus or any other financial benefit earned by an attorney.
History —Jan. 13, 2004, No. 53, § 5, retroactive to Jan. 1, 2004.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 30 - Irregular Government Personnel (§§ 711 — 711k) › § 711 - Definitions

For the purposes of §§ 711-711-g of this title, the following terms and phrases shall have the following meanings, except where the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(a) Government of Puerto Rico.— Includes all the departments and agencies of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(b) Agency.— Means any department, board, commission, bureau, office or dependency of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The provisions hereof referent to the status of employees whose duties and responsibilities are not comprised in the definition for irregular personnel, shall apply to those public corporations with positions in the Competitive Service.
(c) Irregular personnel.— Means the personnel designated to perform duties and responsibilities of a determinable duration when the conditions and/or the nature of the work render impracticable the creation of positions, as this term is defined in the Personnel Act.
(d) Overtime.— Means any time or period of work in excess of the regular working hours, or any service rendered on rest days or on official holidays.
(e) Regular compensation rate.— Means the rate of pay set for any irregular work during regular working hours.
(f) Extra compensation.— Means pay for overtime.
History —June 26, 1958, No. 110, p. 265, § 1; May 25, 1972, No. 35, p. 75, § 1, eff. July 1, 1972.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 30 - Irregular Government Personnel (§§ 711 — 711k) › § 711a - Regulations

The Director of the Central Office of Personnel Administration shall prepare, based hereon, regulations containing a table of classification of functions for groups of irregular jobs, which regulations shall be adopted by all agencies. Such regulations shall also contain the compensation schedules or standards applicable to irregular jobs on the basis of equal pay for equal work. The regulations shall likewise cover everything relative to selection, classification, changes, compensation, vacation, sick leaves, maternity leave and any other aspect necessary for the fulfillment of §§ 711 et seq. of this title.
The Director of the Central Office of Personnel Administration shall approve and promulgate, according to the provisions hereof, such amendments as may from time to time be necessary to introduce to the regulations.
The Director of the Central Office of Personnel Administration shall supervise the application of said regulations.
History —June 26, 1958, No. 110, p. 265, § 2; July 1, 1973, No. 8, p. 765, § 1; Dec. 6, 1990, No. 23.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 30 - Irregular Government Personnel (§§ 711 — 711k) › § 711b - Extra compensation

The Government of Puerto Rico shall pay extra compensation to the irregular personnel it may use during overtime. The services rendered by irregular personnel in excess of eight (8) hours on any working day or on rest days or official holidays shall be compensated at double time on the basis of the regular compensation rate. Extra compensation shall always be paid in cash.
The agencies shall reduce to a minimum the use of the irregular personnel during overtime. Such use shall only be justified under the following circumstances:
(a) When the nature of the services rendered by the agency so require;
(b) when the necessary personnel to complete certain tasks within the regular working hours is not available and the work cannot be postponed, or
(c) in case of emergency or when public welfare and security so requires.
History —June 26, 1958, No. 110, p. 265, § 3; May 25, 1972, No. 35, p. 75, § 2, eff. July 1, 1972.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 30 - Irregular Government Personnel (§§ 711 — 711k) › § 711c - Leave of absence

The right of the irregular personnel employed by the Government of Puerto Rico is hereby established to enjoy leave of absence with pay from the effective date of the regulations provided for in § 711a of this title.
Such irregular personnel as in any fiscal year render services equivalent to three (3) months or more in any agency shall be entitled to accrue sick leave at a rate of 1 1 / 2 days for each month of service and to vacation leave at a rate of 2 1 / 2 days for each month of service. It shall be discretional with the head of each agency to grant the leave of absence at a time most convenient to the service. No vacation leave may be accrued in excess of sixty (60) working days at the end of any fiscal year.
At the closing of each fiscal year, there may be paid to the irregular employees the balance of the vacation leave accumulated up to that date.
Irregular personnel severed from service for any cause, transferred from the service of one agency to the service of another agency, or is appointed to hold positions under Act No. 345 of May 12, 1947, shall be entitled to receive cash payment for the balance of the vacation leave credited to him up to a maximum of sixty (60) working days.
If the separation from service is caused by the death of the irregular worker, there shall be paid to his beneficiaries the sum that may have corresponded to him by reason of the unused vacation leave as provided in this section.
The agencies shall keep their irregular personnel informed of the rights granted thereto by §§ 711-711g of this title.
History —June 26, 1958, No. 110, p. 265, § 4; June 18, 1959, No. 53, p. 154, § 1; July 12, 1960, No. 116, p. 321, § 1; May 25, 1972, No. 35, p. 75, § 3, eff. July 1, 1972.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 30 - Irregular Government Personnel (§§ 711 — 711k) › § 711e - Exemption

The irregular personnel covered by §§ 711-711g of this title shall be exempt from the provisions of Act No. 345 of May 12, 1947, as amended. They shall also be exempt from the provisions of §§ 761-788 of this title which created the Employees Retirement System of the Government of Puerto Rico and its instrumentalities, except irregular personnel who in accordance with the provisions of said sections become a participant of the Employees Retirement System of the Government of Puerto Rico and its instrumentalities.
History —June 26, 1958, No. 110, p. 265, § 6; June 20, 1972, No. 24, p. 421, § 5, eff. July 1, 1972.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 30 - Irregular Government Personnel (§§ 711 — 711k) › § 711f - Irregular personnel in projects

The Director of the Office of Personnel is hereby empowered, with the approval of the Governor, to include under the provisions of §§ 711c and 711e of this title and of such regulatory provisions as may be put into effect to implement the application of said sections, the personnel employed in the direction, supervision or inspection of any other personnel in public works or other projects, when the duration of said projects is determinable and there is no reasonable certainty that such personnel will remain indefinitely in the service. The inclusion may be made on the basis of individual projects or of types of projects, by occupations or groups of occupations, or on another basis convenient to the service. The Director of the Office of Personnel shall establish the general classification and compensation standards to be applied in these cases.
History —June 26, 1958, No. 110, p. 265, § 7, eff. July 1, 1958.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 30 - Irregular Government Personnel (§§ 711 — 711k) › § 711g - Status of employees

It is hereby provided that all the regular employees employed by the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, pursuant to the provisions of §§ 711-711g of this title, shall acquire the status of regular employees in the Competitive Service under Act No. 345 of May 12, 1947, as amended, known as the Personnel Act, in accordance with the following requirements if:
(a) They have rendered continuous services to the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, in an agency, during three (3) years or more; Provided, That 1,800 hours or more of service rendered in a fiscal year shall be considered as one year of service.
In those cases in which the working-day schedule of irregular personnel is reduced under the provisions of a Commonwealth act and/or in compliance with the federal provisions on minimum wages, the Director of the Central Personnel Administration Office shall determine the number of hours equivalent to one year of service.
The above-mentioned equivalence shall be determined by considering the hours of service that may be rendered in one fiscal year on the basis of the full-time working day that may result as a consequence of the reduction in the schedule.
(b) They have the minimum requirements of education and experience established for the type of position to which are assigned the functions they were discharging, and
(c) the heads of the agencies where they render their services certify to the Director of Personnel that such employees have rendered satisfactory services, pursuant to the standards adopted by the latter.
In case an irregular employee considers himself affected by the refusal of the head of the agency to render a satisfactory certificate of services, or on account of the contents of said certificate, the employee may, on his own or by counsel, petition for a review to the Personnel Board. The employee may resort to the Court of First Instance with an appeal for review, if the Board’s decision is adverse to him, and the decision of the Court of First Instance shall be final.
The irregular employees shall acquire the status of regular employees on the first of July immediately after they have met the requirements set forth previously.
When any irregular employee refuses to accept an appointment in a regular job, he shall so notify in writing by letter or formulary adopted for such purposes.
In accordance with the administrative regulations in force there shall be created the necessary positions to meet these purposes.
History —June 26, 1958, No. 110, p. 265, § 8; July 1, 1973, No. 8, p. 765, § 1; May 30, 1976, No. 86, p. 262, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 30 - Irregular Government Personnel (§§ 711 — 711k) › § 711h - Certification of payrolls; definition of irregular services

Every salary payroll for irregular services rendered to the Government of Puerto Rico shall be certified by the official, employee or person who directly supervises the personnel who render such irregular services, and said certification shall constitute a sworn affirmation entailing the liabilities established in §§ 711-711k of this title.
Irregular services shall be understood to mean those services rendered by the personnel who perform duties and responsibilities of a determinable duration when the conditions or the nature of the work make it impracticable to create positions, as this term is defined in the Personnel Act.
History —June 26, 1958, No. 112, p. 272, § 1, eff. 90 days after June 26, 1958.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 30 - Irregular Government Personnel (§§ 711 — 711k) › § 711i - Penalties for false certification

Any person who, according to § 711h of this title, certifies a salary payroll for irregular services to the Government of Puerto Rico, knowing that the same contains a false declaration, datum, or fact, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for a minimum term of two (2) years and a maximum term of five (5) years.
History —June 26, 1958, No. 112, p. 272, § 2, eff. 90 days after June 26, 1958.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 30 - Irregular Government Personnel (§§ 711 — 711k) › § 711j - Applicability of §§ 711h-711k—Government branches

Sections 711h-711k of this title shall apply to the three (3) branches of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
History —June 26, 1958, No. 112, p. 272, § 3, eff. 90 days after June 26, 1958.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 30 - Irregular Government Personnel (§§ 711 — 711k) › § 711k - Applicability of §§ 711h-711k—Agencies, instrumentalities

Every provision included in §§ 711h-711k of this title to apply to salary payrolls for irregular services rendered to the Government of Puerto Rico shall also apply to like payrolls of the agencies, instrumentalities, public corporations and political subdivisions of the Government of Puerto Rico.
History —June 26, 1958, No. 112, p. 272, § 4, eff. 90 days after June 26, 1958.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 30A - Reemployment of Armed Forces Personnel (§§ 713 — 713d) › § 713 - Reemployment right

(a) There is hereby established the right of every person employed in a permanent position in the Government of the Commonwealth, its agencies, instrumentalities, public corporations, or political subdivisions, but not performing the duties of such position with a temporary character, and who has left or leaves such position to enter upon active service in the Armed Forces of the United States of America, to be reinstated in his position, or in another position of like category, status and pay. Such persons shall also be entitled to such additional compensatory and other benefits as may have been provided for other positions of like category in the organization concerned. On the date of his reinstatement, the candidate’s seniority rights shall be recognized.
(b) The reinstatement must be requested by the candidate within the ninety (90) days next following the date of his honorable discharge from the Armed Forces of the United States of America.
(c) In case the petitioner is physically disabled to hold his former position or another of like category, status and pay, he shall be reemployed in another position for which he qualifies, and which shall be as similar as possible to the position held by him when he entered the Armed Forces, all in accordance with the circumstances in his case.
History —May 3, 1963, No. 14, p. 18, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 30A - Reemployment of Armed Forces Personnel (§§ 713 — 713d) › § 713a - Review of decisions adverse to candidates for reinstatement

(a) Should the decision of the appointing authority, in the case of any person whose position was covered by the Personnel Act, be adverse to the petition of the candidate for reinstatement, the latter may appeal to the Director of Personnel of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico within the term of ten (10) days on and after the date notice was served upon him of the decision of the appointing authority, and according to the procedure said Director may be regulation establish. The Director may order the reinstatement of the candidate. Should the decision of the Director be adverse to him, the candidate may then file a petition for review in the Court of First Instance, within the ten (10) days following the date notice of the decision of the Director was served upon him.
(b) The Secretary of Labor and Human Resources of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall review, on petition of the affected candidate, and according to the procedure said Secretary may by regulation establish, the decisions on reinstatement, in the case of persons covered by this chapter and whose positions are not included in the Personnel Act. The petition for review shall be filed within ten (10) days from the date the candidate was notified of the decision of the appointing authority. The Secretary of Labor and Human Resources may order the reinstatement of the candidate. Should the decision of the Secretary be adverse to him, the candidate may file a petition for review in the Court of First Instance within ten (10) days from the date notice of the decision of the Secretary was served upon him.
History —May 3, 1963, No. 14, p. 18, § 2; June 23, 1977, No. 100, p. 225, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 30A - Reemployment of Armed Forces Personnel (§§ 713 — 713d) › § 713b - Awarding of unreceived salaries

In cases where the appointing authority has refused to reinstate a petitioner, and the case is finally decided in favor of the petitioner, the official in charge of deciding the case on appeal, or the court, in the proper case, may order said appointing authority to pay the unreceived salaries from the date the petition for reinstatement was received.
History —May 3, 1963, No. 14, p. 18, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 30A - Reemployment of Armed Forces Personnel (§§ 713 — 713d) › § 713c - Guidance

The Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and its agencies, instrumentalities, public corporations and political subdivisions are bound to offer due guidance on the import of this chapter, and on the rights thereby granted to all employees leaving their positions to enter upon active service in the Armed Forces.
History —May 3, 1963, No. 14, p. 18, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 30A - Reemployment of Armed Forces Personnel (§§ 713 — 713d) › § 713d - Active service

For the purpose of this chapter, active service shall be understood to be any service under the act of the United States Congress, approved June 24, 1948, entitled, “Universal Military Training and Service Act”, as amended, which does not exceed the time periods set in the said Federal act for each case.
History —May 3, 1963, No. 14, p. 18, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 30B - United States Armed Forces Members Protection Act (§§ 714 — 714j) › § 714 - Creation

This chapter shall be known as the United States Armed Forces Members Protection Act.
History —Aug. 28, 2003, No. 218, § 1, retroactive to Jan. 1, 2003.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 30B - United States Armed Forces Members Protection Act (§§ 714 — 714j) › § 714a - Entitlement to salary differential

Any career public or private employee who is not in [a] probationary period, nor working under temporary contracts, whose net income for active service in any branch of the United States of America Uniformed Services, the United States Army Corps of Engineers, or the National Disaster Medical System is less than the net salary earned in their civilian employment in any private company, Commonwealth or municipal government agency or office shall be entitled to receive the difference between his/her net salary as [a] public employee and the net income to be received during his/her active military service.
Any member of the State Guard shall be entitled to receive the difference between his/her net salary as [a] public employee and the net income that a member of the National Guard of the same rank would receive during his/her state active service.
History —Aug. 28, 2003, No. 218, § 2, renumbered as § 3 and amended on Mar. 18, 2010, No. 26, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 30B - United States Armed Forces Members Protection Act (§§ 714 — 714j) › § 714b - Certification

Any public or private employee who qualifies for the protection set forth in this chapter shall certify in writing the net income he/she shall receive during active service, and the length of the term of such military service. During said period of military service, the employee shall receive payments on the same dates and with the same frequency as before beginning active service, but in the amount set forth in § 714a of this title.
History —Aug. 28, 2003, No. 218, § 3, renumbered as § 4 and amended on Mar. 18, 2010, No. 26, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 30B - United States Armed Forces Members Protection Act (§§ 714 — 714j) › § 714c - Right to a salary to widows or widowers or dependants or permanently disabled minor children of public employees

The surviving spouse and the dependant or permanently disabled minor children of the public employees who are entitled to the benefits of this chapter shall be entitled to receive from the agency or entity concerned, the total of the net salary as [a] public employee for a term not greater than twelve (12) months in addition to the month on which the service member died in the line of duty, was declared missing in action, or captured as a prisoner of war.
The widow of a fallen, missing or captured service member in active service, or tutor representing the minor children, dependants or permanently disabled children of such service member shall furnish to the pertaining agency, municipality or dependency, as the case may be, the certification of status issued by the United States Armed Forces or any pertinent federal or state agency, including the State Guard, to receive the benefits set forth in this chapter.
History —Aug. 28, 2003, No. 218, added as § 4 on Apr. 24, 2007, No. 36, § 1; renumbered as § 5 and amended on Mar. 18, 2010, No. 26, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 30B - United States Armed Forces Members Protection Act (§§ 714 — 714j) › § 714d - Employment preferences

Preference shall be given to the member of the Uniformed Services, State Guard, civilian employee of the Corps of Engineers or the National Disaster Medical System in equal academic and technical conditions or of experience in his/her appointment or promotion for any position, employment or job opportunity. Ten (10) points or ten percent (10%), whichever is greater, shall be added to the grade obtained by the service member in any exam required to qualify for employment or promotion, in addition to any other points or percentage bonus. Competitive exams shall be offered to any member of the services who has been unable to take said competitive exams if requested within a term of one hundred and eighty (180) days after he/she has returned to his[/her] civilian job from active service, or upon his/her return from military training, and upon approval thereof, the name of the employee shall be included in the corresponding lists or registers.
History —Aug. 28, 2003, No. 218, added as § 6 on Mar. 18, 2010, No. 26, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 30B - United States Armed Forces Members Protection Act (§§ 714 — 714j) › § 714e - Credit for time served

Upon mobilization or activation, the period of time served shall count as work experience to be credited by the employer for purposes of professional evaluation, provided, however, that the functions performed during active military service are the same or equal to those performed in the civilian work field. The employer shall also accredit for purposes of professional evaluation any approved military training and skills course, provided, that the same are related to the functions performed in his/her civilian work field.
History —Aug. 28, 2003, No. 218, added as § 7 on Mar. 18, 2010, No. 26, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 30B - United States Armed Forces Members Protection Act (§§ 714 — 714j) › § 714f - Investigation

The Veteran’s Advocate is hereby directed to conduct a thorough investigation of the circumstances or motives that would result in any change, elimination or cut in the position or office held by the member of the Uniformed Services, State Guard or by the civilian employee of the Corps of Engineers or employee of the National Disaster Medical System in order to take the necessary measures to guarantee his/her right to work. It shall likewise conduct a thorough investigation of the circumstances and motives which would prevent a service member who is a public employee, or his/her family in the event of his/her death in the line of duty, of being taken prisoner of war, or being missing in action from receiving the rights granted by this chapter. If deemed necessary, the case may be referred to the Department of Justice.
History —Aug. 28, 2003, No. 218, added as § 8 on Mar. 18, 2010, No. 26, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 30B - United States Armed Forces Members Protection Act (§§ 714 — 714j) › § 714g - Penalties

Any natural or juridical person who intentionally violates or otherwise denies or hinders the enjoyment of any of the benefits granted by this chapter in favor of a citizen who is a member of the Uniformed Services, or a civilian employee of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the National Disaster Medical System, or the State Guard and his/her family, shall incur a misdemeanor and upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine that shall not be less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000). Any subsequent violation shall be punished by a penalty which shall not exceed six (6) months of imprisonment. The decision of the court shall further provide that the benefits denied be granted to the service member or his/her family without delay.
History —Aug. 28, 2003, No. 218, added as § 9 on Mar. 18, 2010, No. 26, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 30B - United States Armed Forces Members Protection Act (§§ 714 — 714j) › § 714h - Evidence of service

The joint presentation of the following documents shall constitute evidence of service:
(1) Military identification.
(2) Document awarding any decoration or any order delivered, if applicable, for having rendered such service or for having been in active service during the concerning dates.
(3) Form DD-214 (Department of Defense Form 214) or the NG-22 (National Guard Form 22).
(4) Commander’s Verification of Deployment.
(5) A copy of the Official Personnel Orders.
(6) Permanent Change of Station Orders (PCS Orders).
A letter of recommendation certified by the components and corps listed in subsections (a), (f), (g), (h), and (n) of § 714-1 of this title indicating that the service member has in fact met the requirements to avail him/herself of the provisions of any of the sections of this chapter shall also be accepted as evidence of eligibility.
History —Aug. 28, 2003, No. 218, added as § 10 on Mar. 18, 2010, No. 26, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 30B - United States Armed Forces Members Protection Act (§§ 714 — 714j) › § 714i - Construction

This chapter shall be construed in the manner broadest and most beneficial to the member of the Uniformed Services, State Guard, the civilian employees of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers or the National Disaster Medical System. It is further understood that any right granted by this chapter shall be granted in addition to any other. In the event of conflict between the provisions of this chapter and any other act, those that are most favorable for the employee shall prevail.
History —Aug. 28, 2003, No. 218, added as § 11 on Mar. 18, 2010, No. 26, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 30B - United States Armed Forces Members Protection Act (§§ 714 — 714j) › § 714j - Posters

The different agencies, instrumentalities, public or quasi public corporations of the Commonwealth Government and the municipal governments, as well as private companies shall place conspicuously the posters stating the provisions of this chapter to assure that the citizenry is informed of the same.
History —Aug. 28, 2003, No. 218, added as § 12 on Mar. 18, 2010, No. 26, § 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 31 - Compensation and Benefits of Government Personnel (§§ 721 — 757k) › § 726 - National Service Life Insurance Premium—Deductions

The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to deduct from the salaries earned by officers and employees of the Commonwealth Government the premiums of the National Service Life Insurance in the cases where said officers and employees, as veterans of the Second World War are covered by said insurance, and do so request in writing from the head of the Department where they may be rendering services.
History —Apr. 29, 1949, No. 149, p. 398, § 1, eff. 90 days after Apr. 29, 1949.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 31 - Compensation and Benefits of Government Personnel (§§ 721 — 757k) › § 727 - National Service Life Insurance Premium—U.S. Treasurer

The premiums deducted as authorized, shall be placed by the Secretary of the Treasury of Puerto Rico at the disposal of the Treasurer of the United States through the local agency of the Veterans’ Administration in Puerto Rico.
History —Apr. 29, 1949, No. 149, p. 398, § 2, eff. 90 days after Apr. 29, 1949.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 31 - Compensation and Benefits of Government Personnel (§§ 721 — 757k) › § 728 - National Service Life Insurance Premium—Deductions voluntary

It shall be understood that the deduction of insurance premiums from the salaries of the officers and employees of the Commonwealth Government covered by this plan shall be done on the basis of voluntary authority given in writing by the officers and employees interested; and it shall not imply any liability on the part of the Secretary of the Treasury outside of the ministerial duty to make the deductions from the monthly salaries of such officers and employees and to deliver the said deductions to the Treasurer of the United States in the manner authorized.
History —Apr. 29, 1949, No. 149, p. 396, § 3, eff. 90 days after Apr. 29, 1949.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 31 - Compensation and Benefits of Government Personnel (§§ 721 — 757k) › § 729a - Public Employees Health Benefits Act—Short title

Sections 729a-729n of this title shall be known as “Public Employees Health Benefits Act”.
History —June 29, 1963, No. 95, p. 280, § 1, eff. July 1, 1964.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 31 - Compensation and Benefits of Government Personnel (§§ 721 — 757k) › § 729b - Public Employees Health Benefits Act—Creation of plan

There is hereby established, upon voluntary basis, a medico-surgical and hospital benefit plan for the employees of the Government of Puerto Rico, its municipalities and instrumentalities.
History —June 29, 1963, No. 95, p. 280, § 2, eff. July 1, 1964.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 31 - Compensation and Benefits of Government Personnel (§§ 721 — 757k) › § 729e - Public Employees Health Benefits Act—Health benefit plans

The Administration may approve the following health benefit plans:
(a) Service benefit plan.— Any plan offering one or more levels of benefit or alternatives to all eligible employees, and under which payments are made by a carrier under contracts with physicians, hospitals, or other health service providers, for benefits of the types described in § 729f of this title, rendered to employees or family members, as defined in subsection (g) of this title, or, under certain conditions, payments are made by a carrier to the employee or family members, as defined in subsection (g) of this title.
(b) Indemnity benefit plan.— Any plan offering one or more levels of benefit or alternatives, to all eligible employees, and under which a carrier agrees to pay a certain sum of money, not in excess of the actual expenses incurred, for benefits of the types described in § 729f(2) of this title.
(c) Employee organization plans.— Employee organization plans that offer benefits of the types referred to in § 729f of this title, which are sponsored or underwritten, and are administered, in whole or in a substantial part, by employee organizations, and which are available only to persons (and family members, as defined in subsection (g) of this title, who, at the time of enrollment, are members of the organization.
Health plans contracted under subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be offered by entities that have been authorized by the Insurance Commissioner to do business in Puerto Rico, and whose financial solvency shall be accredited each year, and which have been active for at least three (3) years prior to the date of contracting with the Secretary of the Treasury. It shall be the continuous obligation of these entities to report to the Office of the Insurance Commissioner any change that affects their financial solvency.
History —June 29, 1963, No. 95, p. 280, § 5; Mar. 25, 1976, No. 18, p. 40, § 4; Jan. 23, 2006, No. 22, § 1; June 26, 2013, No. 36, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 31 - Compensation and Benefits of Government Personnel (§§ 721 — 757k) › § 729f - Public Employees Health Benefits Act—Types of benefits

The benefits to be provided by the health plans described in § 729e of this title may be of the following types:
(1) Service benefit plan.—
(A) Hospital benefits.
(B) Surgical benefits.
(C) In-hospital medical benefits.
(D) Ambulatory patient benefits.
(E) Supplemental benefits, including dental services.
(F) Obstetrical benefits.
(2) Indemnity benefit plan.—
(A) Hospital care.
(B) Surgical care and treatment.
(C) Medical care and treatment.
(D) Obstetrical benefits.
(E) Prescribed drugs, medicines, and prosthetic devices.
(F) Other medical supplies and services.
(G) Supplemental benefits, including dental services.
(3) Employee organization plans.— Benefits of the types specified in this section under subsections (1) or (2) or both. Benefits contracted for under subsections (1) and (2) of this section shall include normal costs as well as costs of an abnormal or catastrophic nature within the normal limits of the policy; such benefits may include benefits for disability, death or dismemberment, without evidence of insurability; Provided, however, That said benefits shall be included in the coverage only at the employee’s option. No insurer or employee organization will condition the sale of the benefits specified in subsections (1) and (2) to the sale of the benefits for disability, death and dismemberment.
The benefits described in this section shall include services for mental conditions, tuberculosis, mastectomy, and any other post-mastectomy reconstructive surgery necessary for the physical and emotional recovery of the patient.
History —June 29, 1963, No. 95, p. 280, § 6; June 19, 1969, No. 38, p. 72; July 2, 1985, No. 54, p. 193; Jan. 4, 2003, No. 50, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 31 - Compensation and Benefits of Government Personnel (§§ 721 — 757k) › § 729g - Election of coverage

(a) Any employee may, at such time, in such manner, and under such conditions of eligibility as the Administration may prescribe through regulations, with absolute freedom of selectivity, enroll in an approved health benefits plan as prescribed in § 729e of this title, either as an individual, or for himself and family members, as defined in § 729c of this title. Such regulations may provide for the exclusion of employees on the basis of the nature and type of their employment or conditions pertaining thereto, such as, but not limited to short-term appointments, seasonal or intermittent employment, and employment of similar nature, but no employee or group of employees shall be excluded solely on the basis of the hazardous nature of their employment or a preexisting medical condition.
(b) If the spouse or domestic partner of an employee or retired employee works in the public service or is, in turn, retired from public service, either the spouse or the domestic partner may enroll themselves and family members, as defined in § 729c of this title, in a family plan of their choice, and shall be entitled to have the government’s contributions for both of them applied to such plan up to the maximum allowance of such government contribution, or each spouse or domestic partner may enroll as an individual in the individual or family plan of his choice.
(c) A change in the coverage of any employee, or of any employee and family members, as defined in § 729c of this title, enrolled in a health benefit plan under this §§ 729a—729n of this title, may be made by the employee upon application filed within sixty (60) days after the occurrence of a change in the family, or on such other date and under such conditions as the Administration may prescribe by regulations.
(d) A transfer of enrollment from one health benefits plan described in § 729e of this title, to another such plan, may be made by an employee at such times and under such conditions as the Director may by regulation prescribe.
History —June 29, 1963, No. 95, p. 280, § 7; Mar. 25, 1976, No. 18, p. 40, § 4; June 1, 1982, No. 23, p. 49, § 1; June 3, 1983, No. 68, p. 146, § 1; June 26, 2013, No. 36, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 31 - Compensation and Benefits of Government Personnel (§§ 721 — 757k) › § 729i - Public Employees Health Benefits Act—Administration

(a) Regulations of the Administration shall include regulations with respect to the beginning and ending dates of coverage of employees and their family members, as defined in § 729c of this title, under a health benefit plan. For such purpose, these may allow such coverage to continue in force in addition to the temporary extension of coverage provided under subsection (d) of § 729d of this title, until the end of the pay period in which an employee is separated from service. Moreover, such regulations may provide for the form and manner whereby employer and employee contributions shall be transferred to the Administration for the payment of premiums.
(b) Regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury shall include regulations with respect to the beginning and ending dates of coverage of employees and members of their families under health benefits plans, and for such purpose may permit such coverage to continue in force, exclusive of the temporary extension of coverage described in § 729d(d) of this title, until the end of the pay period in which an employee is separated from service.
(c) The Administration shall make available to each employee eligible to enroll in a health benefit plan under this §§ 729a—729n of this title, in a form acceptable to said Administration after consultation with the carrier, such information as may be necessary to enable such employee to exercise an informed choice among the types of plans referred to in § 729e of this title. Each employee enrolled in such a health benefit plan shall be issued an appropriate document setting forth or summarizing the services or benefits (including caps, limitations, and exclusions) to which the employee and his family members, as defined in subsection (g) of § 729c of this title, are entitled thereunder, the procedure for obtaining benefits, and the principal provisions of the plan affecting the employee or family members, as defined in subsection (g) of § 729c of this title.
(d) The Secretary of the Treasury shall make available to each employee eligible to enroll in a health benefits plan under §§ 729a-729n of this title, in a form acceptable to said Secretary after consultation with the carrier, such information as may be necessary to enable such employee to exercise an informed choice among the types of plans referred to in § 729e of this title. Each employee enrolled in such a health benefits plan shall be issued an appropriate document setting forth or summarizing the services or benefits (including maximums, limitations, and exclusions), to which the employee and members of his family, are entitled thereunder, the procedure for obtaining benefits, and the principal provisions of the plan affecting the employee or members of his family.
History —June 29, 1963, No. 95, p. 280, § 9; Mar. 25, 1976, No. 18, p. 40, § 4; June 26, 2013, No. 36, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 31 - Compensation and Benefits of Government Personnel (§§ 721 — 757k) › § 729k - Public Employees Health Benefits Act—Report

The Secretary of the Treasury shall annually transmit to the Governor of Puerto Rico a report concerning the operation of §§ 729a-729n of this title.
History —June 29, 1963, No. 95, p. 280, § 11; Mar. 25, 1976, No. 18, p. 40, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 31 - Compensation and Benefits of Government Personnel (§§ 721 — 757k) › § 729l - Public Employees Health Benefits Act—Judicial jurisdiction

The Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico, San Juan Part, shall have original jurisdiction to take cognizance of any civil action or claim brought under the provisions of §§ 729a-729n of this title.
History —June 29, 1963, No. 95, p. 280, § 12, eff. July 1, 1964.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 31 - Compensation and Benefits of Government Personnel (§§ 721 — 757k) › § 729m - Public Employees Health Benefits Act—Direct contracting

The agencies and government dependencies whose employees render services outside of Puerto Rico may contract health benefits for their officials and employees with suppliers available in the geographical area where they are in active service with the express consent of the Secretary of the Treasury, provided a bidding process is carried out and the prior approval of the Secretary of the Treasury is obtained.
History —June 29, 1963, No. 95, p. 280, added as § 13 on July 1, 1988, No. 59, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 31 - Compensation and Benefits of Government Personnel (§§ 721 — 757k) › § 737 - Isabela Irrigation Service—Benefits extended to employees

The benefits of the Medical and Hospitalization Service provided by Act No. 466 of 1946 are hereby extended to the employees of the Isabela Irrigation Service, subject to all the conditions and provisions of the aforesaid act.
History —May 13, 1947, No. 400, p. 770, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 31 - Compensation and Benefits of Government Personnel (§§ 721 — 757k) › § 738 - Isabela Irrigation Service—Contribution as budget item

The Secretary of Transportation and Public Works and the Chief Engineer of the Isabela Irrigation Service are hereby authorized to include in the budget of said Irrigation Service each year, an item for the payment of fifty (50) percent of the medical and hospitalization service established by Act No. 466 of 1946, for the benefit of those employees who may voluntarily avail themselves of such service. Said sum shall be placed at the disposal of the Commissioner of Insurance of Puerto Rico, to pay for the medical services in accordance with the contract or contracts executed for the purpose.
History —May 13, 1947, No. 400, p. 770, § 3; June 19, 1957, No. 77, p. 182, eff. Jan. 1, 1958.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 31 - Compensation and Benefits of Government Personnel (§§ 721 — 757k) › § 739 - Isabela Irrigation Service—Salary deductions authorized

The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to deduct from the salaries of such employees of the Isabela Irrigation Service as may voluntarily have availed themselves of the aforesaid medical and hospitalization services, the amount of the assessment to be paid by them, as well as the cost of the medical and hospitalization services authorized by said officers and employees in favor of their relatives or dependents; Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall place the sums so deducted from the salaries of said employees at the disposal of the Commissioner of Insurance of Puerto Rico, to cover the aforesaid services.
History —May 13, 1947, No. 400, p. 770, § 4; June 19, 1957, No. 77, p. 182, eff. Jan. 1, 1958.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 31 - Compensation and Benefits of Government Personnel (§§ 721 — 757k) › § 740 - Transportation and embalming of government personnel dying abroad

(a) It sometimes happens, although infrequently, that officers sent to the United States or foreign countries on official mission, and scholarship grantees of the Commonwealth Government sent to pursue studies outside Puerto Rico, die while they are away from the Island and still engaged in the mission entrusted to them. Whenever this occurs, the relatives are obliged to incur the expenses entailed in the embalming and transport of the corpses to Puerto Rico, expenses which they are sometimes not in a financial position to meet. It does not seem fair that in such a situation the government, through lack of legislation, should find itself prevented from defraying such expenses.
(b) The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby empowered and directed, upon the occurrence of a situation such as that described in subsection (a) hereof, and with the approval of the Governor, to reimburse, from any available funds in the Treasury of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico not otherwise appropriated, the relatives of the dead employee, officer, or scholarship grantee of the Commonwealth Government, or whoever has paid for said relatives or has rendered the services on credit, as the case may be, for the expenses incurred on the score of the embalming of the corpse and the transportation thereof to Puerto Rico. Such expenses must be reasonable and moderate, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall require the presentment of the receipts or other evidence which he may deem necessary in order to verify such expenses.
History —May 7, 1952, No. 200, p. 464, §§ 1, 2; May 6, 1955, No. 28, p. 96, §§ 2, 3.