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health-related needs and supportive services for one or more groups of medical assistance recipients in one or more specific geographic areas. In this subsection, “health-related needs” means social or economic conditions that contribute to an individual's poor health outcomes and may include nutrition and food security, workforce development, transportation, temporary housing, or case management. (h) In this section, “telehealth” has the meaning given in AS 47.05.270(e). Sec. 47.07.038. Collaborative, hospital-based project to reduce use of emergency department services. Sec. 47.07.039. Coordinated care demonstration projects. (a) The department shall contract with one or more third parties to implement one or more coordinated care demonstration projects for recipients of medical assistance identified by the department. The purpose of a demonstration project under this section is to assess the efficacy of a proposed health care delivery model with respect to cost for, access to, and quality of care for medical assistance recipients. The department may contract for separate demonstration projects to coordinate care for different groups of medical assistance recipients to achieve more effective care for recipients at greater cost savings for the medical assistance program. The department shall request proposals for at least one project under this section on or before December 31, 2016, and may annually request proposals for additional projects under this section thereafter. The department may use an innovative procurement process as described under AS 36.30.308 to award a contract for a project under this section. A proposal for a demonstration project under this section must be submitted to the committee established under (b) of this section and must include three or more of the following elements: (1) comprehensive primary-care-based management for medical assistance services, including behavioral health services and coordination of long-term services and support; (2) care coordination, including the assignment of a primary care provider located in the local geographic area of the recipient, to the extent practical; (3) health promotion; (4) comprehensive transitional care and follow-up care after inpatient treatment; (5) referral to community and social support services, including career and education training services available through the Department of Labor and Workforce Development under AS 23.15, the University of Alaska, or other sources; (6) sustainability and the ability to achieve similar results in other regions of the state; (7) integration and coordination of benefits, services, and utilization management; (8) local accountability for health and resource allocation; (9) an innovative payment process, including bundled payments or global payments. (b) A project review committee is established in the department for the purpose of reviewing proposals for demonstration projects under this section. The project review committee consists of (1) the commissioner of the department, or the commissioner's designee;