2012 New York Consolidated Laws
EXC - Executive
Article 12-B - (259 - 259-S) STATE BOARD OF PAROLE
259-K - Access to records and institutions.

 
    § 259-k. Access  to  records and institutions. 1. All case files shall
  be maintained by the department for use by the department and board. The
  department and board and authorized officers and employees thereof shall
  have complete access to such files and the board of  parole  shall  have
  the  right  to  make  such  entries  as  the  board of parole shall deem
  appropriate in accordance with law.
    2. The board shall make rules  for  the  purpose  of  maintaining  the
  confidentiality   of   records,   information   contained   therein  and
  information obtained in an official capacity by officers,  employees  or
  members of the board of parole.
    3.  Members  of the board and officers and employees of the department
  providing  community  supervision  services  and   designated   by   the
  commissioner   shall  have  free  access  to  all  inmates  confined  in
  institutions under the jurisdiction of the  department,  the  office  of
  children  and  family  services  and the department of mental hygiene in
  order to enable them to perform their functions, provided, however, that
  the department of mental hygiene may temporarily  restrict  such  access
  where  it determines, for significant clinical reasons, that such access
  would interfere with its care and treatment of the mentally ill  inmate.
  If  under the provisions of this subdivision an inmate is not accessible
  for release consideration by the board, that inmate shall  be  scheduled
  to see the board in the month immediately subsequent to the month within
  which he was not available.
    4.  Upon  a  determination  by the department and board of parole that
  records regarding an individual presently under the supervision  of  the
  department   are   relevant  to  an  investigation  of  child  abuse  or
  maltreatment conducted by a child protective service pursuant  to  title
  six  of article six of the social services law, the department and board
  shall provide the  records  determined  to  be  relevant  to  the  child
  protective  service  conducting  the  investigation.  The department and
  board shall promulgate rules for the transmission of records required to
  be provided under this section.