In 1997, Congress passed the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) that extended health-care coverage to children in families earning up to 300% of the poverty line.

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The Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) was indeed created in 1997, but the CHIP Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) was passed in 2009, not 1997. CHIPRA reauthorized and expanded CHIP, but the original program was established in 1997 to provide health coverage to uninsured children in families with incomes too high to qualify for Medicaid but too low to afford private coverage.

In 1997, Congress Passed the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)