; and (B) refer the veteran to specialty care providers in the covered care system, as clinically necessary. (3) Systems The Secretary shall establish systems as the Secretary determines appropriate to ensure that a primary care provider can effectively coordinate the hospital care, medical services, and extended care services furnished to a veteran under the pilot program. (e) Specialty care (1) Access Subject to subsection (d)(2)(B), an eligible veteran participating in the pilot program may select any specialty care provider in the covered care system from which to receive specialty care. (2) Designation The Secretary may designate a specialty care provider as a primary care provider of an eligible veteran participating in the pilot program if the Secretary determines that such designation is in the health interests of the veteran (such as an endocrinologist with respect to a veteran diagnosed with diabetes, a neurologist with respect to a veteran diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, or an obstetrician-gynecologist with respect to a female veteran). (f) Mental health care An eligible veteran participating in the pilot program may select a mental health care provider in the covered care system from which to receive mental health care. (g) Information In carrying out the pilot program, the Secretary shall furnish to eligible veterans the information on eligibility, cost sharing, treatments, and providers required for veterans to make informed decisions with respect to— (1) selecting primary care providers and specialty care providers; and (2) treatments available to the veteran. (h) Duration (1) Phase in The Secretary shall carry out the pilot program during the three-year period beginning on the date that is one year after the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) Permanent requirement (A) Veterans Community Care Program Section 1703(d) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (i) in paragraph (1), by striking The Secretary shall and inserting Except as provided by paragraph (4), the Secretary shall