Section 172 of chapter 6 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the first paragraph a new paragraph as follows: –

                                    Agencies, other entities or persons granted access under clause (c) of the first sentence of the first paragraph of this section and housing authorities, as provided in the third sentence of the third paragraph of section 168,  shall receive criminal offender record information limited to conviction and case pending information.  Any such agency, housing authority, entity or person receiving a criminal offender record information report and, as a result, is inclined to make an adverse decision as to the individual who is the subject of the report, shall, before making the decision, give the individual a photocopy of the report and afford him an opportunity, in a private discussion, to dispute the accuracy or relevance of the report, after which the agency, housing authority, entity or person shall consider all the information before making a final decision.