NY A07414

Prohibits detention facilities from placing children in segregated confinement for any length of time under the "Keep Kids Out of Solitary Confinement Act"

Defines "segregated confinement" as confining a child in any form of cell confinement for more than 17 hours per day

Exempts facility-wide emergencies and situations where confinement is necessary for medical or mental health treatment

Allows room confinement authorized by Office of Children and Family Services regulations when a child poses a serious and evident danger to themselves or others

Applies to children detained in facilities under both the Family Court Act and Criminal Procedure Law, with immediate effective date