§ 463-b. Powers and duties. The department shall have the following
powers and duties:

(a) to request and receive appropriate information as required by the
provisions of this title from state agencies responsible for the
planning, administration, licensing, regulation or operation of
community residential facilities, including a list of all community
residences heretofore or hereafter established by such agency or
pursuant to a license or operating certificate issued by such agency;

(b) to compile and index such information received from state
agencies responsible for the planning, administration, licensing,
regulation or operation of community residential facilities in order to
establish a comprehensive registry of such residences within the state
of New York;

(c) to provide access to such registry to such state agencies and
sponsoring agencies responsible for the planning, administration,
licensing, regulation or operation of community residential facilities
so as to coordinate and integrate planning among such state agencies;

(d) to make available to municipalities a listing of such community
residential facilities located within their jurisdiction or within an
adjoining municipality in order to facilitate proper local planning
efforts for the development of such community residential facilities;
and

(e) to promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to protect
information required to be kept confidential pursuant to law and to
prevent the dissemination of any personally identifiable information of
residents or clients of such community residential facilities.