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 the contributions will be deductible for income tax purposes (corporate and individual).