BOSTON -- Gov. Deval Patrick on Wednesday released his proposed spending plan for the 2011 fiscal year.
The $28.2 billion budget increases spending by 3 percent over the current fiscal year.
The plan includes cuts to MassHealth adult dental services, job services programs, state parks and a program that increases pay for police officers who earn college degrees.
The plan would also limit the state's film tax credit and repeal the sales tax exemption on candy and soda with the estimated $52 million in new revenue going to health programs.
The budget maintains education funding and local aid for cities and towns.
"We and the Legislature have provided tools -- and I've proposed some more just last week -- to municipalities to stabilize the delivery of local services to control costs and to generate other revenue. Taken together, this means there will be less pressure to raise property taxes and increase burdens on families and seniors," Patrick said.
Patrick's budget proposal continues to fund the state's landmark 2006 health care law, including the Commonwealth Care program that provides coverage to 170,000 adults.
The proposal now heads to the Legislature.
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