Sep. 17, 2020 /
![Thomas Bill to Create Registry of Medical Directors Passes Committee]()
HARRISBURG—Legislation introduced by Rep. Wendi Thomas (R-Bucks) to require the establishment of a registry of medical directors in nursing homes, personal care homes and assisted living facilities has passed the Health Committee.
Sep. 10, 2020 /
![House Committee Finds COVID-19 Hospitalizations are Down in Bucks, But Impact on Business is Still Severe]()
BENSALEM— During a hearing of the House Majority Policy Committee hosted by Rep. K.C. Tomlinson (R-Bensalem), Dr. David Damsker,?director for the?Bucks County Health Department, announced that while the number of new COVID-19 infections have increased slightly increased, hospitalizations are down.
Aug. 26, 2020 /
![Thomas Introduces Bill to Create Registry of Medical Directors]()
HARRISBURG—Rep. Wendi Thomas (R-Bucks) will introduce legislation to require the establishment of a registry of medical directors in nursing homes, personal care homes and assisted living facilities.
Aug. 18, 2020 /
![Thomas Announces Grant for North Wales Water Authority]()
HARRISBURG-- Rep. Wendi Thomas (R-Bucks) announced that the Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA) approved a grant to the North Wales Water Authority through the PA Small Water and H2O Programs.
Jul. 20, 2020 /
![Thomas to Host Shallcross of AG’s Office for Telephone Town Hall on COVID-19 Scams]()
HARRISBURG—Rep. Wendi Thomas (R-Bucks) will host a Telephone Town Hall meeting to discuss scams related to COVID-19 being perpetrated throughout the Commonwealth.
Jul. 10, 2020 /
![Bucks House Delegation Demands Investigation into Failures of the Unemployment Compensation System]()
HARRISBURG- Republican House Members from Bucks County today issued a letter to House Speaker Bryan Cutler (R-Lancaster) requesting the House Government Oversight Committee conduct an investigation into the failure of the Unemployment Compensation program.
Jun. 24, 2020 /
![Thomas Bill to Fight Medicaid Fraud Passes House]()
HARRISBURG—Legislation sponsored by Rep. Wendi Thomas (R-Bucks) to fight fraud within Pennsylvania’s Medical Assistance Program, also called Medicaid, has unanimously passed the House.
Jun. 23, 2020 /
![Thomas Bill Creates Penalties for Mail and Package Theft]()
HARRISBURG—Rep. Wendi Thomas (R-Bucks) has introduced legislation to crack down on home delivery theft.
Jun. 04, 2020 /
![Southeast Republican Legislators Urge Wolf to Allow Youth Sports to Resume]()
HARRISBURG - As Southeastern counties are now expected to be moving into the yellow phase, a bicameral group of Southeast legislators sent a letter to Gov. Tom Wolf urging the reopening of youth sports which are able to follow social distancing and safety guidelines.
May. 20, 2020 /
![Bucks County House Republicans Introduce Legislation to Give Counties Power to Safely Reopen]()
HARRISBURG—Rep. Frank Farry (R-Langhorne) has introduced House Bill 2541 to allow local county commissioners, in consultation with local health officials, to reopen businesses in counties during a health emergency if certain criteria are met.
May. 20, 2020 /
![Southeast House Republican Delegation Members Call on Wolf to Allow Curbside Pickup for All Retailers]()
HARRISBURG – After weeks of working to safely and responsibly reopen businesses across the southeast and allow employees to once again start earning a paycheck, members of the Southeast House Republican Delegation are asking the governor to allow retail operators to offer curbside pickup for their customers.
May. 12, 2020 /
![We Must Focus Efforts at Our Long-Term Care Facilities]()
For many weeks now, I have been troubled by the state’s failures in supporting the residents of our long-term care facilities during the coronavirus pandemic. But what I heard last week during the House Aging and Older Adult Committee meetings is shocking and upsetting.
May. 04, 2020 /
![Bucks County Legislative Contingent Ask Governor to Change Metric for Bucks Reopening]()
HARRISBURG—A bicameral group of Bucks County legislators submitted a letter in support of the Bucks County Commissioners’ bipartisan effort to ask Gov. Tom Wolf and Pennsylvania Department of Health Secretary Rachel Levine to consider nursing home cases of COVD-19 separate when weighing whether to reopen Bucks County.
Mar. 13, 2020 /
![Bipartisan Bucks County House Delegation Working Together to Address Coronavirus]()
HARRISBURG- The State Representatives from Bucks County have come together to release the following joint statement regarding the Coronavirus:
Feb. 26, 2020 /
![School Safety Grants Awarded to Council Rock and New Hope/Solebury]()
HARRISBURG—Rep. Wendi Thomas has announced that the Council Rock School District and New Hope/Solebury School District have received School Safety and Security grants.
Feb. 19, 2020 /
![Thomas, Schroeder to Host Hearing on Elder Abuse]()
WHAT: Reps. Wendi Thomas (R-Bucks) and Meghan Schroeder (R-Bucks) will host a hearing of the House Aging and Older Adult Services Committee on elder abuse.
Feb. 14, 2020 /
HARRISBURG—The House Mental Health Caucus hosted a bipartisan panel of legislators from Philadelphia and the suburbs headed by Reps. Wendi Thomas (R-Bucks) and Malcolm Kenyatta (D-Philadelphia) to find solutions to the crisis of suicide among school students.
Feb. 11, 2020 /
![Thomas, Kenyatta to Host Bipartisan Hearing on Mental Health Services in Schools]()
WHAT: Reps. Wendi Thomas (R-Bucks) and Malcolm Kenyatta (D-Philadelphia) will host a hearing of the Mental Health Caucus on mental health services in our schools.
Jan. 30, 2020 /
![Thomas to Host Hearing on Mental Health Services in Schools]()
HARRISBURG— Building on what she learned at the Safe Schools seminar in January, Rep. Wendi Thomas (R-Bucks) will host a hearing about how schools can better identify and treat kids with mental health needs.
Jan. 22, 2020 /
![Thomas Backs Bills to Fight Human Trafficking]()
HARRISBURG—Rep. Wendi Thomas (R-Bucks) joined her colleagues in passing a package of legislation to combat human trafficking in Pennsylvania, including a companion bill to Thomas’s “Buyer Beware” bill to increase the penalties for anyone convicted of soliciting a victim of human trafficking.