; (B) in subsection (g)(3), by striking under subparagraph (B), (C), or (D) of subsection (b)(2) ; and (C) in subsection (q)(2)(A)— (i) by striking , disaggregated by— and inserting a period; and (ii) by striking clauses (i) through (iv). (b) Permanent program (1) Removal of sunset Subsection (p) of such section is amended to read as follows: (p) Authority To Furnish Care and Services The Secretary may furnish care and services under this section subject to the availability of funds in the Veterans Choice Fund established by section 802 or otherwise appropriated to carry out this section. . (2) Conforming amendments Section 101 of such Act is further amended— (A) in subsection (i)(2), by striking is authorized to carry out this section pursuant to subsection (p) and inserting carries out this section ; and (B) in subsection (q)(2), as amended by subsection (a)(2)(D) of this section, by striking subparagraph (F). (c) Annual reports Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to Congress a report that includes the following: (1) With respect to each medical facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs, any increase or decrease in the number of veterans seeking hospital care or medical services at such facility during the one-year period covered by the report. (2) In light of the increase or decrease of veterans seeking hospital care or medical services at each medical facility of the Department as identified under paragraph (1), recommendations by the Secretary with respect to the proposed budget for such facility for the fiscal year following the date of the report. (3) How the Secretary is ensuring compliance with all requirements of chapter 39 of title 31, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Prompt Payment Act ), including, for the one-year period covered by the report— (A) the average amount of time taken by the Secretary to pay a non-Department health care provider after receiving an invoice