; and (B) not fewer than two facilities serve veterans in rural or highly rural areas (as determined through the use of the Rural-Urban Commuting Areas coding system of the Department of Agriculture). (e) Access to chat In carrying out the program under this section, the Secretary shall ensure that veterans participating in the program have access via chat to a mental health provider 24 hours per day, seven days per week. (f) Promotion of Veterans Crisis Line The Secretary shall promote the availability of the Veterans Crisis Line to veterans participating in the program under this section. (g) Department website In implementing the program under this section, the Secretary, to the extent feasible, shall use a website of the Department of Veterans Affairs to host the program. (h) Reports (1) Interim report (A) In general Not later than one year after the commencement of the program under this section, 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 progress of the program. (B) Elements The report required by subparagraph (A) shall include the following: (i) The number of participants in the program. (ii) An assessment of whether participation by a veteran in the program resulted in any changes in clinically relevant endpoints for the veteran with respect to the conditions specified in subsection (a). (iii) Any recommendations of the Secretary with respect to extending or expanding the program. (2) Final report Not later than 90 days after the termination of the program under this section, 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 final report on the program. (i) Veterans crisis line defined In this section, the term Veterans Crisis Line means the toll-free hotline for veterans established under section 1720F(h) of title 38, United States Code. 302. Study on connection between living at