Fastest way of finding if current user has access to a folder with Powershell

Question

I have a Powershell script that selects a random file in a lab environment and then reads, writes, creates, and deletes files to simulate a live environment. This lab also includes folders that I don't have access to. When I perform these file actions I pick a folder at random, which can sometimes be a folder that I don't have access to. In order to ensure that I have selected a random folder that is both (a) accessible and (b) contains files, I run the following code:

function Get-RandomAccessibleFile {
    param(
        [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline)][ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()][System.Collections.ArrayList]$Folders
    )
    do {
        $RandomFolder = $Folders | Get-Random
        $RandomFiles = Get-ChildItem $RandomFolder -File -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    } until ($RandomFiles)
    $RandomFile = $RandomFiles | Get-Random
    return $RandomFile
}

This works, but I now find myself in a situation where I need to only validate if the folder can be accessed. This means that the Get-ChildItem could potentially run successfully, but if the randomly selected folder is empty, the $RandomFiles variable will become $null and my script would keep running until it finds a folder that currently contains files (and removing the -File flag isn't enough as it can be a completely empty folder without any subfolders). The only way I have found to guarantee that I find a folder that I have access to is to check the Acl with Get-Acl like so:

function Get-RandomAccessibleFolder {
    param(
        [Parameter()][ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()][System.Collections.ArrayList]$Folders
    )
    do {
        $RandomFolder = $Folders | Get-Random
        $FolderIsAccessible = Get-ChildItem $RandomFolder -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
        if (-not $FolderIsAccessible) {
            try {
                Get-Acl -Path $RandomFolder -ErrorAction Stop > $null
                $FolderIsAccessible = $true
            }
            catch {
                $null
            }
        }
    } until ($FolderIsAccessible)
    return $RandomFolder
}

This feels super-inefficient. If I don't have access to the folder the first Get-ChildItem will fail, and then I run the Get-Acl again which I know will fail. I would only need to check the Get-Acl if the Get-ChildItem succeeded AND the result is empty.