FY 2016 Appropriation

The Administration Bureau is responsible for managerial oversight and leadership of the Office of Recovery Services and its programs. This bureau includes the ORS director and the director's staff, clerical support, personnel management, central training, management auditing, contract management, planning and resource development, public information, and constituent affairs.

Funding History
Appropriation Overview

During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $922,700 from all sources for Administration - ORS. This is a 3.4 percent increase from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $331,400 from the General/Education Funds, an increase of 3.6 percent from revised Fiscal Year 2015 estimates.

Staff Analysis

For the most recent completed fiscal year, the following information represents the purposes for which the money was used:

Office of Recovery Services Admin Detailed Purposes

ORS Total Collections

Ratio: ORS collections to cost

Regarding the positive trend greater than 5% in the total collections from the Office of Recovery Services Administration performance measures, the agency states, "Collections have generally trended upward from year to year throughout ORS's history, but some of the increase during the past few years has been due to the recovering economy."

Regarding the positive trend greater than 5% in the ORS ratio - collections to cost from the Office of Recovery Services Administration performance measures, the agency states, "ORS has not seen any substantial budget increases within the past few years, which holds the denominator of this ratio fairly steady, while the collections for the numerator have continued to show increases."

Intent Language

SB0002: Item 84

The Legislature intends the Office of Recovery Services report to the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst by September 1, 2015 regarding implementation of 2014 General Session fee increases and a detailed listing of the intended uses of the additional fee revenue with associated amounts.


SB0007S01: Item 29

The Legislature intends that the Department of Human Services report on the following performance measures for the Office of Recovery Services line item: (1) ORS Total Collections (Target = $250 million), (2) Child Support Services Collections (Target = $215 million), and (3) Ratio: ORS Collections to Cost (Target = > 5.9 to 1) by January 1, 2016 to the Social Services Appropriations Subcommittee.


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COBI contains unaudited data as presented to the Legislature by state agencies at the time of publication. For audited financial data see the State of Utah's Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports.