AZ HB2530

Allows Department of Child Safety to receive reports about pregnant women using substances but prohibits opening investigations or maintaining records for these reports; instead refers callers to Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System for treatment referrals.

Requires health care professionals to refer pregnant women suspected of substance use to treatment services with the woman's consent, and prohibits prenatal substance use alone from being the basis for neglect reports upon birth.

Adds proof of a mother's participation in substance use treatment as a mitigating factor when determining whether a child is neglected due to maternal substance use during pregnancy.

Mandates health care professionals to report newborns with positive toxicology screens to Department of Child Safety, while exempting prenatal clinical indicators and maternal substance use history from triggering neglect reports.