; (B) the date on which such referral is sent to a non-Department health care provider and the date on which such non-Department health care provider accepts such referral; (C) the date on which such non-Department health care provider accepts such referral and the date on which such referral is completed; (D) the date on which such referral is completed and the date on which an appointment with a non-Department health care provider is made; and (E) the date on which such an appointment is made and the date on which such appointment occurs; and (2) any other period of time that the Secretary determines necessary. . 141. Elimination of certain requirements for certain Department of Veterans Affairs Assistant Under Secretaries Section 7306 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking subsection (b); (2) by redesignating subsections (c) through (g) as subsections (b) through (f), respectively; and (3) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated), by striking subsection (e) and inserting subsection (f) . 142. Modification of pay limitation for physicians, podiatrists, optometrists, and dentists of Department of Veterans Affairs (a) Pay (1) In general Section 7431 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (A) by inserting optometrists, after podiatrists, each place it appears; (B) by inserting optometrist after podiatrist, each place it appears; (C) in subsection (c)— (i) in paragraph (5), by adding at the end the following new sentence: Such a notice shall include a statement of whether the market pay will increase, decrease, or remain unchanged following such evaluation. ; and (ii) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: (7) The Secretary shall ensure that each physician, podiatrist, optometrist, and dentist in the Veterans Health Administration is— (A) advised, on an annual basis, of the criteria described in subparagraph (F) of paragraph (4); (B) evaluated in accordance with such criteria