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discussed Cited as authority (rule) Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General re: Limiting Government Interference with Abortion (2×)
Fla. · 2024 · confidence medium
See Fine v. Firestone, 448 So. 2d 984, 989-90 (Fla. 1984); Tax Limitation, 644 So. 2d at 490; Advisory Op. to Att’y Gen. re Right of Citizens to Choose Health Care Providers, 705 So. 2d 563, 565-66 (Fla. 1998) (reiterating that “it is imperative that an initiative identify the provisions of the constitution substantially affected by the proposed amendment”); Advisory Op. to Att’y Gen. re Amend. to Bar Gov’t from Treating People Differently Based on Race in Pub.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General Re: Adult Personal Use of Marijuana
Fla. · 2024 · confidence medium
This requirement is critical because it ensures voters receive “fair notice of the - 40 - content of the proposed amendment” so that they “will not be misled as to [the proposed amendment’s] purpose, and can cast an intelligent and informed ballot.” Advisory Op. to Att’y Gen. re Right of Citizens to Choose Health Care Providers, 705 So. 2d 563, 566 (Fla. 1998) (quoting Advisory Op. to Att’y Gen.—Fee on Everglades Sugar Prod., 681 So. 2d 1124, 1127 (Fla. 1996)).
examined Cited as authority (rule) Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General Re: Adult Use of Marijuana (3×) also: Cited "see"
Fla. · 2021 · confidence medium
Ch. 2020-15, §§ 1-2, Laws of Fla. -6- an intelligent and informed ballot.’ ” Advisory Op. to Att’y Gen. re Voter Control of Gambling, 215 So. 3d 1209, 1215 (Fla. 2017) (alteration in original) (quoting Advisory Op. to Att’y Gen. re Right of Citizens to Choose Health Care Providers, 705 So. 2d 563, 566 (Fla. 1998)).
examined Cited as authority (rule) Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General Re: Adult Use of Marijuana (3×) also: Cited "see"
Fla. · 2021 · confidence medium
Ch. 2020-15, §§ 1-2, Laws of Fla. -6- an intelligent and informed ballot.’ ” Advisory Op. to Att’y Gen. re Voter Control of Gambling, 215 So. 3d 1209, 1215 (Fla. 2017) (alteration in original) (quoting Advisory Op. to Att’y Gen. re Right of Citizens to Choose Health Care Providers, 705 So. 2d 563, 566 (Fla. 1998)).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General Re: Prohibits Possession of Defined Assault Weapons
Fla. · 2020 · confidence medium
These statutory requirements serve to ensure that the ballot summary and title “provide fair notice of the content of the proposed amendment” to voters so that they “will not be misled as to [the proposed amendment’s] purpose, and can cast an intelligent and informed ballot.” Advisory Op. to Att’y Gen. re Right of Citizens to Choose Health Care Providers, 705 So. 2d 563, 566 (Fla. 1998) (quoting Advisory Op. to Att’y Gen.—Fee on Everglades Sugar Prod., 681 So. 2d -6- 1124, 1127 (Fla. 1996)).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General Re: All Voters Vote in Primary Elections for State Legislature, Governor, and Cabinet
Fla. · 2020 · confidence medium
These statutory requirements serve to ensure that the ballot summary and title “provide fair notice of the content of the proposed amendment” to voters so -6- that they “will not be misled as to [the proposed amendment’s] purpose, and can cast an intelligent and informed ballot.” Advisory Op. to Att’y Gen. re Right of Citizens to Choose Health Care Providers, 705 So. 2d 563, 566 (Fla. 1998) (quoting Advisory Op. to Att’y Gen.—Fee on Everglades Sugar, 681 So. 2d 1124, 1127 (Fla. 1996)).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General Re: All Voters Vote in Primary Elections for State Legislature, Governor, and Cabinet
Fla. · 2020 · confidence medium
These statutory requirements serve to ensure that the ballot summary and title “provide fair notice of the content of the proposed amendment” to voters so that they “will not be misled as to [the proposed amendment’s] purpose, and can -6- cast an intelligent and informed ballot.” Advisory Op. to Att’y Gen. re Right of Citizens to Choose Health Care Providers, 705 So. 2d 563, 566 (Fla. 1998) (quoting Advisory Op. to Att’y Gen.—Fee on Everglades Sugar, 681 So. 2d 1124, 1127 (Fla. 1996)).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General Re: Citizenship Requirement to Vote in Florida Elections
Fla. · 2020 · confidence medium
The purpose of these statutory requirements is “to ensure that the ballot summary and title ‘provide fair notice of the content of the proposed amendment’ to voters so that they ‘will not be misled as to [the proposed amendment’s] purpose, and can cast an intelligent and informed ballot.’ ” Advisory Op. to Att’y Gen. re Voter Control of Gambling, 215 So. 3d 1209, 1215 (Fla. 2017) (alteration in original) (quoting Advisory Op. to Att’y Gen. re Right of Citizens to Choose Health Care -6- Providers, 705 So. 2d 563, 566 (Fla. 1998)).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) ADVISORY OPINION TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL RE: VOTING RESTORATION AMENDMENT. Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General Re: Voting Restoration Amendment (FIS)
Fla. · 2017 · confidence medium
Second, the Court asks “whether the language of the title and summary, as written, misleads the public.” Advisory Op. to Att’y Gen. re Right of Citizens to Choose Health Care Providers, 705 So.2d 563, 566 (Fla. 1998).
examined Cited as authority (rule) ADVISORY OPINION TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL RE: VOTER CONTROL OF GAMBLING in Florida. Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General Re: Voter Control of Gambling in Florida (FIS) (6×) also: Cited "see"
Fla. · 2017 · confidence medium
These statutory requirements serve to ensure that the ballot summary and title “provide fair notice of the content of the proposed amendment” to voters so that they “will not be misled as to [the proposed amendment’s] purpose, and can cast an intelligent and informed ballot.” Advisory Op. to Att’y Gen. re Right of Citizens to Choose Health Care Providers, 705 So.2d 563, 566 (Fla. 1998) (quoting Advisory Op. to Att’y Gen.—Fee on Everglades Sugar, 681 So.2d at 1127 ).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General re Use of Marijuana for Debilitating Medical Conditions
Fla. · 2015 · confidence medium
Second, the Court asks “whether the language of the title and summary, as written, misleads the public.” Advisory Op. to Att’y Gen. re Right of Citizens to Choose Health Care Providers, 705 So.2d 563, 566 (Fla.1998).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) fla 2015
Fla. · 2015 · confidence medium
Second, the Court asks “whether the language of the title and summary, as written, misleads the public.” Advisory Op. to Att’y Gen. re Right of Citizens to Choose Health Care Providers, 705 So. 2d 563, 566 (Fla. 1998).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) fla 2015
Fla. · 2015 · confidence medium
Second, the Court asks “whether the language of the title and summary, as written, misleads the public.” Advisory Op. to Att’y Gen. re Right of Citizens to Choose Health Care Providers, 705 So. 2d 563, 566 (Fla. 1998).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General re Limits or Prevents Barriers to Local Solar Electricity Supply
Fla. · 2015 · confidence medium
Second, the Court asks “whether the language of the title and summary, as written, misleads the public.” Advisory Op. to Att’y Gen. re Right of Citizens to Choose Health Care Providers, 705 So.2d 563, 566 (Fla.1998).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General re Water & Land Conservation
Fla. · 2013 · confidence medium
Second, the Court asks “whether the language of the title and summary, as written, misleads the public.” Advisory Op. to Att’y Gen. re Right of Citizens to Choose Health Care Providers, 705 So.2d 563, 566 (Fla.1998).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Florida Education Ass'n v. Florida Department of State
Fla. · 2010 · confidence medium
The purpose of a ballot title and summary is “to provide fair notice of the content of the proposed amendment so that the voter will not be misled as to its purpose, and can cast an intelligent and informed ballot.” Advisory Op. to the Att’y Gen. re Right of Citizens to Choose Health Care Providers, 705 So.2d 563, 566 (Fla.1998) (quoting Advisory Op. to Att’y Gen.-Fee on Everglades Sugar Prod., 681 So.2d 1124, 1127 (Fla.1996)).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Roberts v. Doyle
Fla. · 2010 · confidence medium
Id. at 566 (finding material and misleading a ballot summary that asserted that “citizens” would have the right to choose, while the amendment itself referred to “every natural person”).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General Re 1.35% Property Tax Cap, Unless Voter Approved (2×)
Fla. · 2009 · confidence medium
In assessing the ballot title and summary, this Court should ask two questions, “[f]irst ... whether the ‘ballot title and summary ... fairly inform the voter of the chief purpose of the amendment!,]’ [and] [sjecond ... ‘whether the language of the title and summary, as written, misleads the public.’ ” Advisory Op. to Att’y Gen. re Additional Homestead Tax Exemption, 880 So.2d 646, 651-52 (Fla.2004) (quoting Right to Treatment & Rehab., 818 So.2d at 497 ; Advisory Op. to Att’y Gen. re Right of Citizens to Choose Health Care Providers, 705 So.2d 563, 566 (Fla.1998)).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General Re Florida Growth Management Initiative Giving Citizens the Right to Decide Local Growth Management Plan Changes (2×)
Fla. · 2008 · confidence medium
Second, the Court asks “whether the language of the title and summary, as written, misleads the public.” Advisory Op. to Att’y Gen. re Right of Citizens to Choose Health Care Providers, 705 So.2d 563, 566 (Fla.1998).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General re Prohibiting State Spending for Experimentation that Involves the Destruction of a Live Human Embryo
Fla. · 2007 · confidence medium
Educ., 778 So.2d 888, 890 (Fla.2000) (citing Advisory Op. to the Att’y Gen. re Right of Citizens to Choose Health Care Providers, 705 So.2d 563, 565 (Fla.1998); Advisory Op. to the Att’y Gen. re Prohibiting Pub.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General re Funding of Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Fla. · 2007 · confidence medium
Educ., 778 So.2d 888, 890 (Fla.2000) (citing Advisory Op. to the Att’y Gen. re Right of Citizens to Choose Health Care Providers, 705 So.2d 563, 565 (Fla.1998); Advisory Op. to the Att’y Gen. re Prohibiting Pub.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Advisory Opin. Re Extending Sales Tax (2×)
Fla. · 2007 · confidence medium
Second, the Court asks "whether the language of the title and summary, as written, misleads the public." Advisory Op. to Att'y Gen. re Right of Citizens to Choose Health Care Providers, 705 So.2d 563, 566 (Fla.1998).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General re: Independent Nonpartisan Commission to Apportion Legislative & Congressional Districts Which Replaces Apportionment By Legislature
Fla. · 2006 · confidence medium
In assessing the ballot title and summary, this Court should ask two questions, first, whether the ballot title and summary “fairly inform the voter of the chief purpose of the amendment,” and second, “whether the language of the title and summary, as written, misleads the public.” Additional Homestead Tax Exemption, 880 So.2d at 651 (quoting Right to Treatment & Rehab., 818 So.2d at 497 , and Right to Choose Health Care Providers, 705 So.2d at 566).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Advisory Opinion Re Nonpartisa Com'n
Fla. · 2006 · confidence medium
In assessing the ballot title and summary, this Court should ask two questions, first, whether the ballot title and summary "fairly inform the voter of the chief purpose of the amendment," and second, "whether the language of the title and summary, as written, misleads the public." Additional Homestead Tax Exemption, 880 So.2d at 651 (quoting Right to Treatment & Rehab., 818 So.2d at 497 , and Right to Choose Health Care Providers, 705 So.2d at 566).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Advisory Opinion Re Marriage Protection
Fla. · 2006 · confidence medium
See Additional Homestead Tax Exemption, 880 So.2d at 651-52 (citing Right to Treatment & Rehab. for Non-Violent Drug Offenses, 818 So.2d at 498-99 ; Advisory Opinion to Attorney Gen. re Right of Citizens to Choose Health Care Providers, 705 So.2d 563, 566 (Fla. 1998)).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General re Fairness Initiative Requiring Legislative Determination that Sales Tax Exemptions & Exclusions Serve a Public Purpose
Fla. · 2004 · confidence medium
Second, the Court asks “whether the language of the title and summary, as written, misleads the public.” Advisory Op. to Att’y Gen. re Right of Citizens to Choose Health Care Providers, 705 So.2d 563, 566 (Fla.1998).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Advisory Opin. to Atty. Gen. Re Malpractice
Fla. · 2004 · confidence medium
Advisory Op. to Att'y Gen. re Right of Citizens to Choose Health Care Providers, 705 So.2d 563, 565 (Fla.1998); see also Smith v. Coalition to Reduce Class Size, 827 So.2d 959, 963 (Fla.2002) (if initiative meets requirements of article XI, section 3, Florida Constitution, "then the sponsor of an initiative has the right to place the initiative on the ballot").
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General re Florida Minimum Wage Amendment (2×)
Fla. · 2004 · confidence medium
And second, the Court asks “whether the language of the title and summary, as written, misleads the public.” Advisory Op. to Att’y Gen. re Right of Citizens to Choose Health Care Providers, 705 So.2d 563, 566 (Fla.1998).
examined Cited as authority (rule) Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General re the Medical Liability Claimant's Compensation Amendment (3×) also: Cited "see"
Fla. · 2004 · confidence medium
Gen. re Right of Citizens to Choose Health Care Providers, 705 So.2d 563, 566 (Fla.1998) (“We also find that the proposed amendment creates an illusory right to choose a health care provider when in fact it would severely limit an individual’s ability to enter into a health care contract.”).
examined Cited as authority (rule) Advisory Op. to Atty. Gen. Re Comp. Amend. (3×) also: Cited "see"
Fla. · 2004 · confidence medium
Gen. re Right of Citizens to Choose Health Care Providers, 705 So.2d 563, 566 (Fla.1998) ("We also find that the proposed amendment creates an illusory right to choose a health care provider when in fact it would severely limit an individual's ability to enter into a health care contract.").
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Advisory Opin. to Atty. Gen. Re Tax Exemp. (2×)
Fla. · 2004 · confidence medium
Second, the Court asks "whether the language of the title and summary, as written, misleads the public." Advisory Op. to Att'y Gen. re *652 Right of Citizens to Choose Health Care Providers, 705 So.2d 563, 566 (Fla.1998).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General re Repeal of High Speed Rail Amendment
Fla. · 2004 · confidence medium
Second, the Court asks “whether the language of the title and summary, as written, misleads the public.” Advisory Op. to Att’y Gen. re Right of Citizens to Choose Health Care Providers, 705 So.2d 563, 566 (Fla.1998).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General re Authorizes Miami-Dade & Broward County Voters to Approve Slot Machines in Parimutuel Facilities (2×) also: Cited "see"
Fla. · 2004 · confidence medium
Advisory Op. to the Att’y Gen. re Right of Citizens to Choose Health Care Providers, 705 So.2d 563, 565 (Fla.1998).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Advisory Opinion to Attorney General re Protect People from the Health Hazards of Second-Hand Smoke
Fla. · 2002 · confidence medium
Gen. re Right of Citizens to Choose Health Care Providers, 705 So.2d 563, 565 (Fla.1998); Advisory Opinion to the Atty.
cited Cited as authority (rule) Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General re Limiting Cruel & Inhumane Confinement of Pigs During Pregnancy
Fla. · 2002 · confidence medium
Gen. re Right of Citizens to Choose Health Care Providers, 705 So.2d 563, 566 (Fla.1998).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Ray v. Mortham (2×) also: Cited "see, e.g."
Fla. · 1999 · confidence medium
Id. at 566 (emphasis added); see also Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General-Save Our Everglades, 636 So.2d 1336, 1341 (Fla.1994) (finding single-subject violation where "[m]any voters sympathetic to restoring the Everglades might be antithetical to forcing the sugar industry to pay for the cleanup by itself, and yet those voters would be compelled to choose all or nothing ") (emphasis added).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Advisory Opinion Re Term Limits Pledge
Fla. · 1998 · confidence medium
The ballot title and summary must "state in clear and unambiguous language the chief purpose of the measure," Advisory Opinion to the Attorney Gen. re Right of Citizens to Choose Health Care Providers, 705 So.2d 563, 566 (Fla.1998) (quoting Askew v. Firestone, 421 So.2d 151, 155 (Fla.1982)), and "assure that the electorate is advised of the true meaning, and ramifications, of an amendment." Askew, 421 So.2d at 156 ; see also Laws Related to Discrimination, 632 So.2d at 1021 (ballot summary must inform of meaning and effect of amendment).
discussed Cited "see" Advisory Op. to Atty. Gen. Re Med. Incid.
Fla. · 2004 · signal: see · confidence high
See Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General re Right of Citizens to Choose Health Care Providers, 705 So.2d 563, 565 (Fla.1998); Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General re Prohibiting Public Funding of Political Candidates' Campaigns, 693 So.2d 972, 974 (Fla.1997).
discussed Cited "see" Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General re Patients' Right to Know About Adverse Medical Incidents
Fla. · 2004 · signal: see · confidence high
See Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General re Right of Citizens to Choose Health Care Providers, 705 So.2d 563, 565 (Fla.1998); Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General re Prohibiting Public Funding of Political Candidates’ Campaigns, 693 So.2d 972, 974 (Fla.1997).
cited Cited "see" Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General re Florida Transportation Initiative for Statewide High Speed Monorail, Fixed Guideway or Magnetic Levitation System
Fla. · 2000 · signal: see · confidence high
See Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General re Right of Citizens to Choose Health Care Providers, 705 So.2d 563, 565 (Fla.1998).
examined Cited "see" Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General ex rel. Amendment to Bar Government from Treating People Differently Based on Race in Public Education (5×)
Fla. · 2000 · signal: see · confidence high
See Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General re Right of Citizens to Choose Health Care Providers, 705 So.2d 563, 565 (Fla.1998); Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General re Prohibiting Public Funding of Political Candidates’ Campaigns, 693 So.2d 972, 974 (Fla.1997).
cited Cited "see, e.g." Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General
Fla. · 2002 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence medium
See, e.g., Advisory Opinion to the Attorney Gen. re Right of Citizens to Choose Health Care Providers, 705 So.2d 563, 565 (Fla.1998).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General
Fla. · 2002 · signal: see also · confidence medium
See id.; see also Advisory Opinion to the Attorney Gen. re Right of Citizens to Choose Health Care Providers, 705 So.2d 563, 565 (Fla.1998) (holding that health care ballot amendment impermissibly combined two distinct subjects by banning limitations on health care provider choices imposed by law and by prohibiting private parties from entering into contracts that would limit health care provider choice, thereby providing voters with an “all or nothing” choice).
ADVISORY OPINION TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL RE RIGHT OF CITIZENS TO CHOOSE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
No. 90160.
Supreme Court of Florida.
Jan 22, 1998.
705 So. 2d 563
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General and Louis F. Hubener, III, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Presentor., Randy D. Ellison, West Palm Beach, on behalf of Floridians for Health Care Choice, in support of the proposed amendment., Arthur J. England, Jr. and Jerold I. Bud-ney of Greenberg, Traurig, Hoffinan, Lipoff, Rosen & Quentel, P.A., Miami, on behalf of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc.; Thomas J. Maida and Austin B. Neal of McConnaughhay, Maida & Cherr, P.A., Tallahassee, on behalf of Florida Worker’s Compensation Joint Underwriting Association, Inc.; Frederick B. Karl, Christopher L. Griffin and Pamela K. Cothran of Annis, Mitchell, Cockey, Edwards & Roehn, P.A., Tampa, and James C. Massie and Janice G. Scott of Massie & Scott, Tallahassee, on behalf of Alliance of American Insurers; Daniel C. Brown, Paul R. Ezatoff and Alan H. Brents of Katz, Kutter, Haigler, Alderman, Marks, Bryant & Yon, P.A., Tallahassee, on behalf of Floridians for Quality Patient Care, American Insurance Association, Florida School Board Association, Florida Association of District School Superintendents, Florida League of Cities, Firemen’s Fund Insurance Company, Hartford Fire Insurance Company and National Association of Independent Insurers, in opposition to the proposed amendment.
Anstead, Grimes, Harding, Kogan, Only, Overton, Shaw, Wells.
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PER CURIAM.

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 Constitution and the requirements of section 101.161, Florida Statutes (1995), that the ballot title and summary properly inform the voters of the amendment’s complete meaning. Overall, the proposed amendment is vague and fails to completely inform voters of the impact that the initiative will have on existing laws and the Florida Constitution. Consequently, we do not approve the proposed initiative for placement on the ballot.

The initiative petition in this case is titled: “RIGHT OF CITIZENS TO CHOOSE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS.” The ballot summary provides:

Establishes the right of citizens to choose health care providers. This provision prevents insurance companies, managed care personnel, employers, and other such third parties from controlling a citizen’s selection of health care providers; requiring provision for choice of health care providers in future contracts providing care under programs such as those organized under Chapter 440, Chapter 627, Chapter 636 and Chapter 641, Florida Statutes.

The full text of the proposed amendment provides:

Article I of the Constitution of the State of Florida is hereby amended to add the following:
1) “SECTION 24. Right to Select Health Care Providers.-
(a) The right of every natural person to the free, full and absolute choice in the selection of health care providers, licensed in accordance with state law, shall not be denied or limited by law or contract.
(b) This section shall not be construed to limit the authority of the state to regulate health care providers to ensure the preservation of the health, safety and welfare of the public.”
2) This amendment shall take effect on the date it is approved by the electorate, however, this section shall not be applied to impair the obligations of contracts existing and in force at the time this section takes effect.

In reviewing the propriety' of the initiative, this Court does not rule on the merits or wisdom of the proposal. Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General re Tax Limitation, 644 So.2d 486, 489 (Fla.1994). This Court’s responsibility in analyzing a proposed amendment is limited to two legal issues: (1) whether the proposed amendment meets the single-subject requirements of article XI, section 3 of the Florida Constitution; and (2) whether the proposed amendment’s title and summary are “printed in clear and unambiguous language,” as provided in section 101.161(1), Florida Statutes (1995). Tax Limitation, 644 So.2d at 489-90. We find that the instant petition violates both requirements. In fact, the proposed, ballot initiative incorporates numerous defects that have proven fatal to other proposed amendments in the past.

In evaluating whether a proposed amendment violates the single-subject requirement, this Court must determine whether the amendment deals with a “logical and natural oneness of purpose.” Fine v. Firestone, 448 So.2d 984, 990 (Fla.1984). Furthermore, “we must consider whether the proposal affects separate functions of government and how the proposal affects other provisions of the constitution.” In re Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General — Restricts Laws Related to Discrimination, 632 So.2d 1018, 1020 (Fla.1994); accord Fine, 448 So.2d at 990. Thus, it is imperative that an initiative identify the provisions of the constitution substantially affected by the proposed amendment in order for the public to fully comprehend the contemplated changes and[*566] to ensure that the initiative’s effect on other unnamed provisions is not left unresolved and open to various interpretations. Tax Limitation, 644 So.2d at 490.

Here the initiative is significantly-flawed in many respects in regard to the single-subject requirement. However, we address only one of these defects.[1] The proposed amendment combines two distinct subjects by banning limitations on health care provider choices imposed by law and by prohibiting private parties from entering into contracts that would limit health care provider choice. The amendment forces the voter who may favor or oppose one aspect of the ballot initiative to vote on the health care provider issue in an “all or nothing” manner. Thus, the proposed amendment has a prohibited logrolling effect and fails the single-subject requirement.

The proposed amendment also violates the ballot title and summary requirement. Section 101.161(1) provides in pertinent part:

Whenever a constitutional amendment or other public measure is submitted to the vote of the people, the substance of such amendment or other public measure shall be printed in clear and unambiguous language on the ballot....

This requirement is intended “to provide fair notice of the content of the proposed amendment so that the voter will not be misled as to its purpose, and can cast an intelligent and informed ballot.” Advisory Opinion to Attorney General Fee on Everglades Sugar Production, 681 So.2d 1124, 1127 (Fla.1996). This Court has previously determined that section 101.161(1) “requires that the ballot title and summary for a proposed constitutional amendment state in clear and unambiguous language the chief purpose of the measure.” Askew v. Firestone, 421 So.2d 151, 154-55 (Fla.1982). Our responsibility is to determine whether the language of the title and summary, as written, misleads the public.

We find that the proposed amendment violates this basic principle because the language is overly vague. This is exemplified by the ballot summary asserting that “citizens” will have the right to choose health care providers while the language of the amendment grants the right to “every natural person.” This discrepancy between “natural person” and “citizens” is material and misleading. This divergence in terminology is ambiguous in that it leaves voters guessing whether the terms are intended to be synonymous or whether the difference in terms was intentional. We also find that the proposed amendment creates an illusory right to choose a health care provider when in fact it would severely limit an individual’s ability to enter into a health care contract. As such, this ambiguity violates section 101.161 and causes the proposed amendment to be fatally defective.

Accordingly, we hold that the proposed amendment entitled “Right of Citizens to Choose Health Care Providers” should be stricken from the ballot for failure to meet both the statutory and the constitutional requirements.

It is so ordered.

KOGAN, C.J., OVERTON, HARDING, WELLS and ANSTEAD, JJ., and GRIMES, Senior Justice, concur. SHAW, J., concurs in result only.
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We note that the proposed amendment also fails the single-subject requirement because it would significantly affect the legislative and executive branches of government as well as local governments and would impact the constitutional rights of privacy and to bargain collectively.