* AB 681 by Assemblyman Juan Vargas, D-San Diego, which calls for freezing a 5 percent cut in physician fees through 2010. Current law would allow the state to set new fees next year, which some fear could lead to bigger reductions. The extension would let doctors negotiate a new fee schedule without losing ground.
* AB 1549 by Assemblyman Paul Koretz, D-West Hollywood. The bill would allow acupuncturists to become qualified medical providers and permit other specialists, such as dentists, chiropractors and psychologists, to be defined as independent medical reviewers.
* SB 538 by Sen. Sheila Kuehl, D-Santa Monica, which calls for an evaluation of the new medical provider networks and health care organizations and their ability to provide adequate treatment to injured workers. Opponents fear the measure could create minimum doctor staffing ratios for networks.