The Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives a quarterly report containing, with respect to referrals for non-Department health care originating from a medical facility of the Department during the quarter preceding the date of the submission of the report, a measurement of, for each such medical facility—
(1) the period of time between—
(A)
the date on which a clinician employed by the Department determines that a veteran requires care, or a veteran presents to the Department requesting care, and the date on which the referral for care is sent to a non-Department health care provider;
(B)
the date on which such referral is sent to a non-Department health care provider and the date on which such non-Department health care provider accepts such referral;
(C)
the date on which such non-Department health care provider accepts such referral and the date on which such referral is completed;