Sabah to implement SPIKPA to foreign workers effective July 1

KOTA KINABALU: The Implementation of the Foreign Workers Health Insurance Protection Scheme (SPIKPA) will be enforced in Sabah effective July 1.

Sabah Health Department Assistant Director (Management) Ketirah Hank said the implementation of the SPIKPA was already approved by the state government and the Sabah Immigration Department.

Ketirah said the scheme that was implemented in peninsula Malaysia since January 1, requires all foreign workers, except maids, to be insured.

“The obligation of purchasing the insurance depends on the employers of the foreign workers,” said Katirah in a statement here today.

Foreign workers who are not insured would not be allowed to apply or renew their work permit, including temporary work permit holders. The Health Ministry hoped that the implementation of SPIKPA would realise the government’s aspiration to enhance the standard of health of foreign workers in the country. –Bernama