(a) For the purposes of this section, “sexual offender” means any person convicted of a violation of § 53a-70b of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2019, or subdivision (2) of § 53-21 of the general statutes in effect prior to October 1, 2000, or subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of § 53-21, or § 53a-70, 53a-70a, 53a-71, 53a-72a or 53a-72b committed on or after October 1, 1995.

(b) Any sexual offender who is released from a correctional institution on parole or who is sentenced to a period of probation shall, during the period of such parole or probation and as a condition of such parole or probation, immediately notify such person’s parole officer or probation officer, as the case may be, whenever such person changes such person’s name or residence address. Each parole officer or probation officer who is notified of such change of address shall notify the chief of police of the police department or resident state trooper for the municipality of the new address of the parolee or probationer and any other law enforcement official such parole officer or probation officer deems appropriate.

(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a parole officer or probation officer acting in the performance of his duties and within the scope of his employment from disclosing any information concerning the parolee or probationer to any person whenever he deems such disclosure to be appropriate.