employer obtained my diagnosis

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well,
today i received an inner-office envelop from our central office.
human resources sent me a psychiatric diagnosis that was given to me when i had an intake for county mental health back in november. apparently this was included in my 'recommendation for hire' or so the sticky note attached to it said.
it is relatively not good (major depression, borderline, alcohol abuse, self-harm, etc.)
so my work unit looked up this information prior to my hiring and accidently (it seems to me) included it along with my resume, etc. when they sent it over to human resources.
i was on the fence about providing them with my autism diagnosis (it is being completed by my psychologist currently) but this really decides it for me.
the fact that they committed this act already puts them on the hook for a lawsuit if they fire me, but im really not interested in lawsuits. i see it as, if they want to know so badly, if they are oh so curious, then i should give them the correct diagnosis.
i dont know. thought id share.

I want to know how they obtained that information. That is highly private and may not be used for good, especially when they have incomplete information. It seems like for this to have happened something illegal must have been done by the company and or the person responsible for revealing that information. If you did not give it to them there has been a violation of doctor patient confidentiality.

i work in the social services. those with professional licenses such as mine can access this information similar to how a doctor can look up the medical records of their friend and family if they want to.

i know its a violation of one law (hipaa) and whoever did it could lose their license as well. im sure more than that one law was broken as well, yes.

sharing my autism diagnosis with them (i feel like) would, number one, set the record straight and two, let them know that i know what they did thus putting the fear of god into them to leave me the hell alone.

Well, the main question is, do you like your job or not? If you like it, fight to keep it. If you don't, then just use this as an excuse to move on.