Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the department of health shall disclose to the operator of an adult residential care home, to the extent that the division or office of the department that is referring the individual to the care home possesses, the information in existing records at the time of, and as part of, the application for admission, the criminal history of a prospective resident applying for entry to the care home when the prospective resident had previously been:
(1) Convicted of an offense involving violence to a person; or
(2) Admitted to the state hospital under the jurisdiction of the department of health as a result of an acquittal under chapter 704 for an offense involving violence to a person.