N.Y. Social Services Law § 460-e: Records and reports; confidentiality; information

§ 460-e. Records and reports; confidentiality; information. 1. The

department shall require, collect and maintain such information, records

or reports as it may determine to be necessary to further the purpose of

this article. Organizations and institutions subject to the inspection

and supervision of the department shall provide such information and

records in such form and at such times as the department shall

determine.

2. The department may request from any other state department or state

or local agency, including the department of mental hygiene, the

division for youth and the board of social welfare, and such other

department or agency shall furnish, such information as the department

may require for the proper performance of its duties under this article.

The department shall safeguard the confidentiality of information

received from such departments and agencies. Such other state

departments or state agencies may request from the department, and the

department shall furnish, such information as such other department or

agency may require for the proper discharge of its duties. Such

departments and agencies shall safeguard the confidentiality of such

information, records, and reports in the same manner as the department

in accordance with the provisions of sections one hundred thirty-six,

four hundred forty-four and four hundred sixty-one-e of this chapter or

as otherwise authorized by law.

3. Officers or employees of the department shall maintain the

confidentiality of facts and information obtained as the result of any

inspection or investigation of a facility subject to inspection and

supervision under this article, in the same manner as information

received under subdivision two of this section.

4. All officers of facilities or agencies subject to the inspection of

the department shall furnish to the department, on forms provided by the

department, such information and statistics as it may require, within

sixty days from the expiration of the state fiscal year or such other

fiscal period as may be designated by the department.