Courts can order a child to participate in a circuit breaker program for 3 to 6 months; they cannot combine this with probation, intensive supervision, or detention orders.

Courts can make a circuit breaker program a condition of bail; the child must live at a site chosen by the chief executive.

Children in these programs must wear a monitoring device.

Circuit breaker providers must report any significant physical, psychological, or emotional harm a child suffers during the program.

Providers cannot record telephone calls or interviews between a child and their lawyer, police, or ombudsman.

Entities must protect lawyer-child communications; they must allow private interviews and cannot read or copy correspondence.

The chief executive can consent to medical treatment for a child if the guardian cannot be found.