(a) The Justice Center or a delegate investigatory entity responsible for investigating a reportable incident pursuant to paragraph (c) of subdivision (3) of section 492 of the Social Services Law shall be authorized to obtain the social security number of any custodian who is being investigated as a subject of a reportable incident, by consent from the custodian under investigation or from the applicable facility or provider agency, for purposes of verifying the custodian’s identity as the subject of any open or substantiated report in the VPCR and, where applicable, as an individual included on the staff exclusion list.

(b) Any person applying for a position for which such person must be screened against the staff exclusion list pursuant to subdivision (2) of section 495 of the Social Services Law shall provide the applicable screening agency with his or her social security number for submission to the Justice Center for the purpose of verifying the person’s identity to determine whether the individual is included on the staff exclusion list.

(c) An individual’s failure to provide his or her social security number when requested pursuant to this section, after receiving notice of the reason for such request, may preclude the individual from being considered or approved for any such position.