; (v) assess the timeliness of the Department in referring hospital care, medical services, and extended care services to such networks; and (vi) assess the timeliness of such networks in— (I) accepting referrals; and (II) scheduling and completing appointments. (B) Report the number of medical service lines the Secretary has determined under subsection (e)(1) not to be providing hospital care, medical services, or extended care services that comply with the access guidelines or meet the standards of quality established by the Secretary. (C) Assess the use of academic affiliates and centers of excellence of the Department to furnish hospital care, medical services, and extended care services to covered veterans under this section. (D) Assess the hospital care, medical services, and extended care services furnished to covered veterans under this section by medical facilities operated by Federal agencies other than the Department. (3) Not later than 540 days after the date of the enactment of the Caring for our Veterans Act of 2017 and not less frequently than once each year thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on the information gathered under paragraph (2). (o) Prohibition on certain limitations The Secretary shall not limit the types of hospital care, medical services, or extended care services covered veterans may receive under this section if it is in the best interest of the veteran to receive such hospital care, medical services, or extended care services, as determined by the veteran and the veteran's health care provider. (p) 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