; 38 U.S.C. 2041 note) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by inserting (1) before The Secretary ; and (B) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: (2) (A) Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), the director of a covered medical center shall seek to enter into a contract or agreement described in paragraph (1). (B) A contract or agreement under subparagraph (A) may require that a case manager employed by an eligible entity have credentials equivalent to those of a case manager of the Department. (C) The Secretary may waive the requirement under subparagraph (A) if the Secretary determines that fulfilling such requirement is infeasible. If the Secretary grants such a waiver, the Secretary shall submit, not later than 90 days after granting such waiver, to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives, a report containing— (i) an explanation of that determination; (ii) a plan to increase the number of case managers of the Department; and (iii) a plan for the covered medical center to increase use of such vouchers. (D) In this paragraph, the term covered medical center means a medical center of the Department that the Secretary determines— (i) had more than 15 percent of all vouchers allocated to that medical center under the program described in paragraph (1) through the fiscal year preceding such determination go unused due to a lack of case management services provided by the Secretary; and (ii) has a case manager position that has been vacant for at least nine consecutive months immediately preceding the date of such determination. ; and (2) in subsection (b)(2)— (A) in the matter before subparagraph (A), by striking , including because— and inserting a period; and (B) by striking subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C). (b) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the first day of the first fiscal year to begin on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.