§ 168-M — Review

New York § 168-M

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law COR: Correction
• Art. 6-C: Sex Offender Registration Act

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§ 168-m. Review. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the\ncontrary, any state or local correctional facility, hospital or\ninstitution, district attorney, law enforcement agency, probation\ndepartment, state board of parole, court or child protective agency\nshall forward relevant information pertaining to a sex offender to be\ndischarged, paroled, released to post-release supervision or released to\nthe board for review no later than one hundred twenty days prior to the\nrelease or discharge and the board shall make recommendations as\nprovided in subdivision six of section one hundred sixty-eight-l of this\narticle within sixty days of receipt of the information. Information may\ninclude, but may not be limited to all or a portion of the arrest file,\nprosecutor's file, probation or parole file, child protective file,\ncourt file, commitment file, medical file and treatment file pertaining\nto such person. Such person shall be permitted to submit to the board\nany information relevant to the review. Upon application of the sex\noffender or the district attorney, the court shall seal any portion of\nthe board's file pertaining to the sex offender that contains material\nthat is confidential under any state or federal law; provided, however,\nthat in any subsequent proceedings in which the sex offender who is the\nsubject of the sealed record is a party and which requires the board to\nprovide a recommendation to the court pursuant to this article, such\nsealed record shall be available to the sex offender, the district\nattorney, the court and the attorney general where the attorney general\nis a party, or represents a party, in the proceeding.\n