P.R. Laws tit. 2, § 23a
(a) Whenever a member of the Legislature of Puerto Rico becomes totally or permanently disabled during the tenure of his office, his wife or her husband, or in lieu thereof his or her children or minor or disabled dependents shall be entitled to receive payment of a sum equivalent to the difference between the salary that said legislator would have been entitled to receive during the remainder of his office and the benefits that for such disability he may be entitled to receive during said tenure under the applicable local and federal legislation.
(b) It shall be the duty of the House to which the legislator belongs to determine, for the purposes of §§ 23 and 23a of this title, whether or not he is totally and permanently disabled. Such determination shall be made based on the actual expert medical evidence showing that the legislator is totally and permanently disabled.
(c) Payment of the sum indicated in subsection (a) shall be made by monthly installments accrued and by the House to which the legislator belongs.
History —May 9, 1950, No. 260, p. 678, added as § 2A on June 28, 1969, No. 118, p. 332, § 1.