(a) After the admission of any patient, the director of a chemical
dependence program or treatment facility shall, within five days
excluding Sunday and holidays, forward to the office such information
from the record in such time and manner as the commissioner shall
require by regulation. Such information from the record in the office
shall be accessible only in the manner set forth in sections 33.13 and
33.16 of this chapter.
(b) All records of identity, diagnosis, prognosis, or treatment in
connection with a person's receipt of chemical dependence services shall
be confidential and shall be released only in accordance with applicable
provisions of the public health law, any other state law, federal law
and duly executed court orders.