N.Y. Executive Law § 995-d: Confidentiality

§ 995-d. Confidentiality. 1. All records, findings, reports, and

results of DNA testing performed on any person shall be confidential and

may not be disclosed or redisclosed without the consent of the subject

of such DNA testing. Such records, findings, reports and results shall

not be released to insurance companies, employers or potential

employers, health providers, employment screening or personnel

companies, agencies, or services, private investigation services, and

may not be disclosed in response to a subpoena or other compulsory legal

process or warrant, or upon request or order of any agency, authority,

division, office, corporation, partnership, or any other private or

public entity or person, except that nothing contained herein shall

prohibit disclosure in response to a subpoena issued on behalf of the

subject of such DNA record or on behalf of a party in a civil proceeding

where the subject of such DNA record has put such record in issue.

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section,

records, findings, reports, and results of DNA testing, other than a DNA

record maintained in the state DNA identification index, may be

disclosed in a criminal proceeding to the court, the prosecution, and

the defense pursuant to a written request on a form prescribed by the

commissioner of the division of criminal justice services.

Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section, a DNA

record maintained in the state DNA identification index may be disclosed

pursuant to section nine hundred ninety-five-c of this article.