; and (ii) encourage applicants to consider bids from different providers to provide service to different locations of such applicants, if considering bids in this manner would expedite the overall timeline for initiating or expanding service to individual locations. (7) Issuance of a decision on each application for funding not later than 60 days after the date on which the application is filed. (8) Release of funding not later than 30 days after the date on which an invoice is submitted with respect to an application that is approved, applicable services have been provided, and required invoices have been submitted as required under program rules. (b) Additional changes to Rural Health Care Program (1) Release of funding for outstanding funding requests The Commission shall release funding for all requests (outstanding as of the date of the enactment of this Act) for funding under the Rural Health Care Program not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, except that for funding requests subject to a review of the applicable rural rate, the Commission shall release interim funding not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act based on the most recent approved rural rate for a similar service, subject to a true-up following the completion of such review. This paragraph shall not be construed to require the Commission to release funding for a request if the Commission is, on the date of enactment of this Act, investigating potential waste, fraud, or abuse allegations with respect to a specific applicant or service provider to which such request relates. (2) Delay of implementation schedule The Commission shall— (A) delay by one year the implementation of sections 54.604 and 54.605 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation), as adopted in the Report and Order in the matter of Promoting Telehealth in Rural America (FCC 19–78) that was adopted by the Commission on August 1, 2019