NY Corr L § 168-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws COR - Correction Article 6-C - Sex Offender Registration Act 168-B - Duties of the Division; Registration Information.

§  168-b.  Duties  of  the  division; registration information. 1. The division shall establish and maintain a file of individuals required  to register  pursuant to the provisions of this article which shall include the following information of each registrant:  (a) The sex offender's name, all aliases used,  date  of  birth,  sex, race,  height,  weight, eye color, driver's license number, home address and/or expected place of domicile, any internet accounts  with  internet access  providers  belonging  to  such offender and internet identifiers that such offender uses.  (b) A photograph and set of fingerprints. For a sex offender  given  a level  three  designation,  the  division  shall,  during  the period of registration, update such photograph once each year. For a sex  offender given  a  level one or level two designation, the division shall, during the period of registration, update  such  photograph  once  every  three years. The division shall notify the sex offender by mail of the duty to appear  and  be  photographed  at  the  specified law enforcement agency having jurisdiction. Such notification shall be mailed at  least  thirty days  and  not more than sixty days before the photograph is required to be  taken  pursuant  to  subdivision  two   of   section   one   hundred sixty-eight-f of this article.  (c)  A  description  of  the  offense  for  which the sex offender was convicted, the date of conviction and the sentence imposed including the type of assigned supervision and the length of time of such supervision.  (d) The name and address of any institution  of  higher  education  at which  the  sex  offender  is  or  expects  to be enrolled, attending or employed, whether for compensation or not,  and  whether  such  offender resides  in  or  will  reside  in  a  facility owned or operated by such institution.  (e) If  the  sex  offender  has  been  given  a  level  two  or  three designation, such offender's employment address and/or expected place of employment.  (f) Any other information deemed pertinent by the division.   2. a. The division is authorized to make the registry available to any regional  or  national  registry  of  sex  offenders  for the purpose of sharing information. The division shall accept files from  any  regional or  national  registry  of  sex  offenders  and  shall  make  such files available when requested pursuant to the provisions of this article.   b. The division shall also make registry information available to: (i) the department of health, to enable such department to identify  persons ineligible to receive reimbursement or coverage for drugs, procedures or supplies  pursuant  to  subdivision seven of section twenty-five hundred ten of the public health law,  paragraph  (e)  of  subdivision  four  of section three hundred sixty-five-a of the social services law, paragraph (e-1)  of  subdivision one of section three hundred sixty-nine-ee of the social  services  law,  and  subdivision  one  of  section  two  hundred forty-one of the elder law; (ii) the department of financial services to enable  such  department  to  identify  persons  ineligible  to  receive reimbursement or coverage for drugs, procedures or supplies pursuant  to subsection  (b-1)  of section four thousand three hundred twenty-two and subsection (d-1) of section four thousand three  hundred  twenty-six  of the  insurance  law;  and (iii) a court, to enable the court to promptly comply with the provisions of paragraph  (a-1)  of  subdivision  one  of section two hundred forty of the domestic relations law, subdivision (e) of   section  six  hundred  fifty-one  of  the  family  court  act,  and subdivision (g) of section 81.19 of the mental hygiene law.   c. The department of health and the department of  financial  services may  disclose  to  plans  providing  coverage  for  drugs, procedures or supplies for the treatment of erectile dysfunction pursuant  to  section  three  hundred sixty-nine-ee of the social services law or sections four thousand  three  hundred  twenty-one,  four   thousand   three   hundred twenty-two  or  four  thousand three hundred twenty-six of the insurance law  registry  information that is limited to the names, dates of birth, and social security numbers of persons who  are  ineligible  by  law  to receive  payment  or  reimbursement  for specified drugs, procedures and supplies pursuant to such provisions  of  law.  Every  such  plan  shall identify  to  the  department  of  health or the department of financial services, in advance of disclosure, each person in  its  employ  who  is authorized  to  receive  such  information  provided, however, that such information may be disclosed by such authorized employee or employees to other personnel who are directly involved in approving  or  disapproving reimbursement  or  coverage  for such drugs, procedures and supplies for such plan  members,  and  provided  further  that  no  person  receiving registry  information  shall redisclose such information except to other personnel  who  are  directly  involved  in  approving  or  disapproving reimbursement or coverage for such drugs, procedures and supplies.   d. No official, agency, authorized person or entity, whether public or private, shall be subject to any civil or criminal liability for damages for  any  decision  or action made in the ordinary course of business of that  official,  agency,  authorized  person  or  entity   pursuant   to paragraphs  b  and  c  of this subdivision, provided that such official, agency, authorized person or entity acted reasonably and in  good  faith with respect to such registry information.   e.  The  division  shall  require  that no information included in the registry shall be made  available  except  in  the  furtherance  of  the provisions of this article.   3.  The  division shall develop a standardized registration form to be made available to the appropriate authorities and promulgate  rules  and regulations to implement the provisions of this section. Such form shall be  written  in  clear  and  concise  language  and shall advise the sex offender of his or her duties and obligations under this article.   4. The division shall mail a nonforwardable verification form  to  the last   reported   address   of   the   person  for  annual  verification requirements.   5. The division shall also establish and operate a telephone number as provided for in section one hundred sixty-eight-p of this article.   6. The division  shall  also  establish  a  subdirectory  pursuant  to section one hundred sixty-eight-q of this article.   7.  The  division  shall also establish a public awareness campaign to advise the public of the provisions of this article.   8. The division shall charge a fee of ten  dollars  each  time  a  sex offender  registers  any  change  of address or any change of his or her status  of  enrollment,  attendance,  employment  or  residence  at  any institution  of  higher  education  as  required  by subdivision four of section one hundred sixty-eight-f of this article. The fee shall be paid to the division by the sex offender. The  state  comptroller  is  hereby authorized to deposit such fees into the general fund.   9.  The  division  shall,  upon  the  request  of  any children's camp operator, release  to  such  person  any  information  in  the  registry relating  to  a  prospective  employee  of  any such person or entity in accordance with the provisions  of  this  article.  The  division  shall promulgate  rules and regulations relating to procedures for the release of information in the registry to such persons.   10. The division shall, upon the request of  any  authorized  internet entity,  release  to  such entity internet identifiers that would enable such entity to prescreen or remove sex offenders from its  services  or, in  conformity with state and federal law, advise law enforcement and/or  other governmental  entities  of  potential  violations  of  law  and/or threats  to public safety. Before releasing any information the division shall require an authorized internet entity  that  requests  information from  the  registry  to  submit  to  the  division the name, address and telephone number of such  entity  and  the  specific  legal  nature  and corporate  status  of  such entity. Except for the purposes specified in this subdivision, an authorized internet entity shall not publish or  in any  way  disclose  or  redisclose any information provided to it by the division pursuant to  this  subdivision.  The  division  may  charge  an authorized  internet  entity  a  fee  for  access to registered internet identifiers requested by such entity pursuant to this  subdivision.  The division  shall  promulgate rules and regulations relating to procedures for the release of  information  in  the  registry,  including  but  not limited to, the disclosure and redisclosure of such information, and the imposition of any fees.   11. The division shall promptly notify each sex offender whose term of registration  and  verification  would  otherwise  have expired prior to March thirty-first,  two  thousand  seven  of  the  continuing  duty  to register and verify under this article.   12.  The  division shall make registry information regarding level two and three sex offenders available to municipal housing  authorities,  as established  pursuant  to  article  three  of the public housing law, to enable such authorities to identify  persons  ineligible  to  reside  in public  housing.  The  division shall, at least monthly, release to each municipal housing authority information about level two  and  three  sex offenders  with  a home address and/or expected place of domicile within the corresponding municipality. The division may  promulgate  rules  and regulations relating to procedures for the release of information in the registry to such authorities.