5. a. The Commissioner of Corrections shall provide to the appropriate county welfare agency or board of social services, in advance of an inmate’s release, the inmate’s name, release date, and contact information, which shall include, but not be limited to, a telephone number or an email address.

b. The commissioner shall provide to reentry organization selected as a residential address pursuant to subsection d. of section 4 of this bill, in advance of an inmate’s release, the information required in subsection a. of this section unless the inmate requests that the information not be forwarded.

L.2020, c.45, s.5; amended 2021, c.312, s.5.