; (B) request from the claimant (or from the non-Department medical provider if the claimant has authorized the provider to share health information with the Secretary) any other information that the updated version of the form requires; and (C) apply the laws and regulations required to adjudicate the claim as if the claimant filed the updated version of the form. (3) The Secretary may waive any interagency approval process required to approve a modification to a disability benefit questionnaire form if such requirement only applies by reason of the forms being made public. . (b) Reports by Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs Not less frequently than once each year through 2023, the Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs shall submit to Congress a report on the findings of the Inspector General with respect to the use of the forms published under section 5101(d)(1) of such title, as added by subsection (a). (c) Initial form The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall begin carrying out section 5101(d)(1) of such title, as added by subsection (a), by publishing, as described in such section, the form described in such section that was in effect on January 1, 2020. (d) Alternate forms (1) Assessment and report Subject to paragraph (2), not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this act, the Secretary shall— (A) assess the feasibility and advisability of replacing disability benefit questionnaire forms that are used by Department providers, providers and health care professionals under contract with the Department under section 504 of the Veterans’ Benefits Improvements Act of 1996 ( Public Law 104–275 ; 38 U.S.C. 5101 note), and non-Department medical providers to submit to the Secretary evidence regarding a disability of a claimant for benefits under laws administered by the Secretary, with another consistent form; and (B) submit to Congress— (i) a report on the findings of the Secretary with respect to the assessment conducted under subparagraph (A)