; and (ii) providers of community-based mental health care and the Veterans Health Administration. (E) An assessment of any disparities in the coordination of community-based mental health care into the Veterans Health Administration by location and type of facility. (F) An assessment of the military cultural competency of health care providers providing community-based mental health care to veterans. (G) Such recommendations on how the Department can better integrate community-based mental health care into the Veterans Health Administration as the Comptroller General considers appropriate. (H) An assessment of such other areas as the Comptroller General considers appropriate to study. (3) Community-based mental health care defined In this subsection, the term community-based mental health care means mental health care paid for by the Department but provided by a non-Department health care provider at a non-Department facility, including care furnished under section 1703 of title 38, United States Code (as in effect on the date specified in section 101(b) of the Caring for Our Veterans Act of 2018 (title I of Public Law 115–182 )). 406. Joint mental health programs by Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense (a) Report on mental health programs (1) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on mental health programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense and joint programs of the Departments. (2) Elements The report required by paragraph (1) shall include the following: (A) A description of mental health programs operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs, including the following: (i) Transition assistance programs. (ii) Clinical