Did the Healthy Families Act require employers to keep records?
The Act said that, if the employer received any health information regarding an employee, employee’s child, parent, or spouse, the employer had to: 1. Maintain that information on a separate form and in a separate file from other personnel information; 2. Treat it as confidential medical records; and 3. Not disclose it except to the affected employee or with the express permission of the affected employee. Second, an employer had to retain records documenting hours worked by employees and paid sick leave taken by employees for a period of three (3) years.
