Gov. Tony Evers on Thursday signed a new two-year, $111 billion budget, racing against Congress to secure Wisconsin’s federal Medicaid match that it would lose under President Donald Trump’s tax and spending cuts package, the Associated Press reports.
The news comes after Evers and Republican lawmakers revealed a compromise budget deal on Tuesday, which was passed by the Senate Wednesday night and the Assembly in the early hours Thursday before receiving Evers’ signature.
Among other provisions, Wisconsin’s budget would:
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Increase Wisconsin’s assessment on hospitals, which helps fund the state’s Medicaid program and hospital provider payments, from a rate of 1.8% to the federal maximum of 6% to access federal matching funds;
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Allocate additional money for special services in K-12 schools;
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Subsidize child care costs with a total of $330 million in funding, mostly for direct payments to child care centers and the Wisconsin Shares child care subsidy program; and
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Provide the largest increase to the Universities of Wisconsin in nearly 20 years.
The Senate passed the budget 19-14 and the Assembly 59-39 before Evers gave his final okay. For a full list of budget provisions, click here.
