; or (2) a non-Department entity that specializes in such processing for other Federal agency health care systems. (h) Report on encounter data system (1) Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the Veterans Community Care and Access Act of 2017 , the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the feasibility and advisability of adopting a funding mechanism similar to what is utilized by other Federal agencies to allow a contracted entity to act as a fiscal intermediary for the Federal Government to distribute, or pass through, Federal Government funds for certain non-underwritten hospital care, medical services, or extended care services. (2) The Secretary may coordinate with the Department of Defense, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of the Treasury in developing the report required by paragraph (1). (i) Definitions In this section: (1) The term appropriate committees of Congress means— (A) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate