Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General re Right of Citizens to Choose Health Care Providers

The Attorney General has requested this Court to review an initiative petition to amend the Florida Constitution to establish the right of citizens to choose their health care providers. We have jurisdiction. Art. IV, § 10; art. V, § 3(b)(10), Fla. Const.

In response to the Attorney General’s request, we issued an order permitting interested parties to file briefs and heard oral arguments on the validity of the proposed amendment. For the reasons expressed, this Court finds that the proposed initiative violates both the single-subject requirement of article XI, section 3 of the Florida…