Oberlies v. Attorney General

**824 We are asked to determine whether two initiative petitions satisfy the requirements of art. 48 of the Amendments to the Massachusetts Constitution. The first, Initiative Petition 17-07, would limit the number of patients who may be assigned to a registered nurse in Massachusetts health care facilities, and would prohibit facilities from accommodating those limits by reducing certain other health care staff. The second, Initiative Petition 17-08, contains the same provisions as the first petition, with an additional section that would require publicly funded hospitals to make annual…