FY 2016 Appropriation

Financial Services has responsibility for budgetary and financial matters for ORS, including check processing and other financial transactions, federal reporting requirements, budget development, purchasing, agency services, facility management, and accounting. The largest section of the staff is responsible for researching, posting, distributing, and disbursing funds collected by ORS. About 85 percent of payments to the custodial parents are made through electronic payments such as direct deposit and electronic payment cards.

Funding History
Appropriation Overview

During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $2,235,900 from all sources for Financial Services. This is a 28.5 percent reduction from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $776,000 from the General/Education Funds, an increase of 5.1 percent from revised Fiscal Year 2015 estimates.

Appropriation Adjustments

In addition to statewide compensation and internal service fund cost increases, the following appropriation adjustments were made during the 2015 General Session:

DescriptionOngoingOne-Time Attorney General Dedicated Credit Adjustments$27,600$0
OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source
$9,100$0General Fund
$18,500$0Federal Funds
This item designates additional funding appropriated to an agency to pay higher costs for Attorney General services, due to statewide and AG-specific compensation increases.
Supplemental Federal Funds Adjustment - Human Services$0$996,200
OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source
$0$996,200Federal Funds
No Description
Staff Analysis

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

ORS Financial Services

No performance measures were submitted.

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.