; and (2) by inserting after subsection (l) the following new subsection (m): (m) Scheduling of appointments (1) The Secretary shall ensure that an appointment for a covered veteran for care or services under this section— (A) in the case of a non-urgent appointment, is scheduled (but may occur at a later date) not later than seven days after the earlier of the date on which— (i) a clinician of the Department determines that the veteran requires care; or (ii) the veteran presents to the Department requesting care; and (B) in the case of an appointment for urgent care, is completed not later than 48 hours after the earlier of the date on which— (i) a clinician of the Department determines that the veteran requires care; or (ii) the veteran presents to the Department requesting care. (2) Not less frequently than quarterly, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on the average time it takes each medical facility of the Department to schedule appointments for care or services under this section, broken out by primary care, mental health care, and each type of specialty care. (3) (A) Each medical facility of the Department for which any average time reported under paragraph (2) is more than seven days shall submit to the Under Secretary for Health, not later than 30 days after the date of the report— (i) an explanation for why such average time is more than seven days, which may include staffing shortages, insufficient network, surge of appointments, and any other factor increasing such average time; (ii) a remediation plan to bring such average time to not more than seven days