Legislation implementing mandatory employer and employee contributions for a new social health insurance system was approved by the Kazakh Senate on 29 October 2015. Beginning in 2017, employers will be required to contribute 2% of employees' salary to the system, with the rate increasing to 5% in 2020. Employees will be required to contribute 1% of their salary in 2019 and 2% from 2020 (withheld by employer). The contribution base will be capped at 15 times the minimum wage (KZT 21,364) and …