53-10-211. Department to assist and cooperate with commission on provider rates and services -- records privacy. The department shall provide to the commission the maximum assistance that may practicably be made available to the commission and shall provide the commission with the necessary equipment, records, and other material that are both necessary and helpful for the commission to achieve the purposes of this part, including records and other material concerning past, current, and potential provider services, costs, and reimbursement. In providing and considering those records and materials, the department and the commission shall make whatever changes in provider or consumer information that are necessary to comply with lawful requirements for the privacy of the service providers and consumers.