Apr. 06, 2021 /
![Tomlinson Backs Bills to Improve Drug Treatment]()
HARRISBURG— Rep. KC Tomlinson (R-Bucks) joined a majority of her colleagues on the House Human Services Committee today to pass legislation to improve treatment for those with drug and alcohol addictions.
Mar. 31, 2021 /
![Bucks Republican Delegation Applauds the Expansion of Local Control Over Vaccines]()
HARRISBURG – The PA Department of Health and legislative vaccine task force announced today that they will distribute the Johnson & Johnson vaccine directly to the Bucks County Department of Health.
Mar. 15, 2021 /
![COVID vaccine distribution unfair]()
Exactly how Pennsylvania determines the number of COVID-19 doses to send to each of its 67 counties remains an inscrutable mystery.
Mar. 15, 2021 /
![Southeast House and Senate Republicans announce additional vaccination sites coming to counties]()
HARRISBURG-- The Southeast Pennsylvania Republican House and Senate delegation on March 12 applauded the Pennsylvania Health Department for taking steps to bring more vaccines to Bucks, Montgomery, Delaware and Chester counties by setting up new vaccination sites through their county governments or local health departments, and streamlining the appointment system.
Mar. 12, 2021 /
![Southeast House and Senate Republicans Announce Additional Vaccination Sites Coming to Counties]()
HARRUSBURG— The Southeast Pennsylvania Republican House and Senate delegation today applauded the Pennsylvania Health Department for taking steps to bring more vaccines to Bucks, Montgomery, Delaware and Chester counties by setting up new vaccination sites through their county governments or local health departments, and streamlining the appointment system.
Mar. 08, 2021 /
![Southeast House Republican Delegation Demands National Guard Take Over Distribution, Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccine]()
HARRISBURG—The Republican Southeast House delegation today demanded the administration give the responsibility and authority for allocating and distributing the COVID-19 vaccine to the Pennsylvania National Guard.
Mar. 04, 2021 /
![Bucks Delegation to Introduce Legislation to Require COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution by Population]()
HARRISURG—Republican legislators from Bucks County have introduced legislation to require COVID-19 vaccines be distributed to counties based on population.
Feb. 23, 2021 /
![Tomlinson Introduces Legislation to Create Patient Safety Act]()
HARRISBURG—Rep. K.C. Tomlinson (R-Bucks) will introduce legislation with Rep. Tom Mehaffie (R-Dauphin) to establish safe patient limits under the care of an individual nurse in Pennsylvania hospitals. The legislation will be known as the Patient Safety Act.
Jan. 28, 2021 /
![Bucks Republicans Announce Health Hearing on Vaccine Rollout]()
HARRISBURG - The Bucks County House Republican Caucus today announced that the House Health Committee will hold a hearing into COVID-19 vaccination distribution in Pennsylvania.
Jan. 27, 2021 /
![Tomlinson Named Chair of Drug and Alcohol Subcommittee]()
HARRISBURG—Rep. KC Tomlinson (R-Bucks) has been named chair of the House Human Services Subcommittee on Drugs and Alcohol.
Dec. 18, 2020 /
![Bucks Delegation Backs Legislation to Restore Hospitality Industry]()
HARRISBURG—The Bucks County Republican House Delegation has co-sponsored legislation crafted by Rep. Todd Polinchock (R-Chalfont) to create a new grant program to relieve Pennsylvania’s hospitality industry of the burdens precipitated by the governor’s latest restrictions.
Nov. 18, 2020 /
![Tomlinson Drug Reform Bill Goes to Governor]()
HARRISBURG—Legislation sponsored by Rep. K.C. Tomlinson (R-Bucks) to expand the tacking of narcotics deaths linked to the use of drugs to treat opioid addiction has passed the state House and is on its way to the governor’s desk to be signed into law.
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. 27, 2020 /
![Tomlinson, Schroeder Back Bill to Create Medical Resource Registry]()
HARRISBURG—Reps. K.C. Tomlinson (R-Bucks) and Meghan Schroeder (R-Bucks) have co-sponsored legislation to require the establishment of a registry of medical directors in nursing homes, personal care homes and assisted living facilities.
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. 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. 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.
Apr. 07, 2020 /
![K.C. Tomlinson takes office in Pa.’s 18th District]()
Kathleen “K.C.” Tomlinson took the oath of office as the 18th Legislative District’s new representative Monday with people surrounding her wearing face masks.