Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009
This page analyzes a single policy using structured scoring, historical evidence, source quality, and measurable outcomes.
Summary
Reauthorized and expanded CHIP, increasing federal support for child coverage, outreach, enrollment, and optional coverage of low-income pregnant women.
How to Read This Record
Impact Reading
Very high documented impact
Evidence Base
Moderate evidence from Government sources.
Data Completeness
Good record with 2 sources and 0 metrics.
Outcome Summary
Expanded public health-insurance coverage for children and some pregnant women, which helped narrow coverage gaps affecting Black families and improved access to preventive, dental, and maternal-related care.
Categories
Impact Scores
This score is a structured measure of how directly and materially this policy affected Black communities, weighted by evidence, durability, and equity. Harm offset reduces the total score.
Total Impact Score
31
Directness
4
How explicitly the policy targeted or affected Black communities.
Material Impact
4
The practical real-world effect on conditions, rights, or outcomes.
Evidence
4
Strength of sourcing and historical support for the assessment.
Durability
4
How lasting the effects of the policy were over time.
Equity
4
Whether the policy advanced fairness, inclusion, or equal access.
Harm Offset
1
Any offsetting harms, limitations, exclusions, or contradictory effects that reduce the total.
Scoring Notes: A strong child-health and family-coverage expansion with racial-equity significance.
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Suggested Relationships
These policies may be related based on shared categories, era, and proximity in time.
2010 • Program • Democratic Party
Contemporary Era • Positive
Shared Categories: 2 • Year Distance: 1
2010 • Law • Democratic Party
Contemporary Era • Positive
Shared Categories: 2 • Year Distance: 1
1991 • Program • Republican Party
Contemporary Era • Positive
Shared Categories: 2 • Year Distance: 18
2010 • Law • Democratic Party
Contemporary Era • Positive
Shared Categories: 1 • Year Distance: 1
2021 • Law • Democratic Party
Contemporary Era • Positive
Shared Categories: 1 • Year Distance: 12
2022 • Law • Democratic Party
Contemporary Era • Positive
Shared Categories: 1 • Year Distance: 13
1996 • Law • Democratic Party
Contemporary Era • Positive
Shared Categories: 1 • Year Distance: 13
1988 • Law • Unknown party
Post Civil Rights Era • Positive
Shared Categories: 1 • Year Distance: 21
Sources
H.R.2 - Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009
Congress.gov • Government
Published: Feb 4, 2009
Official bill page showing enactment of CHIP reauthorization.
View sourceH.R.2 - Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 Summary
Congress.gov • Government
Published: Feb 4, 2009
CRS summary describing CHIP reauthorization, outreach, pregnant women coverage, and child health improvements.
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