SECTION 1. PURPOSE

This notice provides interim guidance addressing whether certain Medicaid coverage of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) testing and diagnostic services

is minimum essential coverage for purposes of the premium tax credit under section 36B of the Internal Revenue Code (Code). This notice also announces that the Department of the Treasury (Treasury Department) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) intend to amend § 1.5000A-2 of the Income Tax Regulations to add Medicaid coverage of COVID-19 testing and diagnostic services to the list of health care coverage that is not minimum essential coverage under a government-sponsored program.