Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Recovery Services

Purpose: "Enforces child support orders and collects child support on behalf of requesting families. Ensures medical insurance companies reimburse the state when liable and collects erroneously paid public assistance funds." (From "Capitol Connections" newsletter, volume 1, issue 2, June 1993, page 4.) "Office of recovery services [ORS] collects child support payments for families on public assistance and for others upon request. The office also recovers public assistance and other funds provided to persons who were ineligible and collects criminal assessments, fines, fees, accounts awarded as restitution and reimbursable expenses owed to the state and its political subdivisions." (From "State and Local Government in Utah," 1992 ed., page 161.)