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Governor Signs Budget, Files Supplemental Bill to Fund FY2010 Wage Increase
July 1, 2009
Governor Deval Patrick signed the state's FY2010 budget bill but not before imposing additional taxes and making dramatic cuts in aid to cities and towns.
Despite the bad news on many fronts, the good news came in the preservation of the House and Senate's recommendation on health insurance. The budget went to the governor with an 80/20 health insurance premium split for employees hired on or before June 30, 2003; employees hired after that date will see a 75/25 split. There was some concern that Patrick would increase the health insurance split to 70/30 for all employees; however, he signed the bill with no changes to the House and Senate health insurance language.
In other legislative news, Patrick on Monday filed H.4155, a supplemental budget bill that will fund the FY2010 wage increase negotiated in the collective bargaining agreements for Units 1, 3, and 6. In the forward to the bill, the governor writes to state House and Senate members, "I am urging the Legislature to fund a collective bargaining reserve that I have proposed funding twice this year." more >>
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