OAR 137-055-6220
Recovery of Overpayments and Collection of Receivable Accounts


(1) In addition to the definitions in OAR 137-055-6010 (Definitions for Distribution and Disbursement), for the purpose of collecting overpayments pursuant to ORS 25.125 (Disposition of support obligation overpayments), the following definitions apply:
(a) “Advanced payment” means arrears owed to a person who receives support that were reassigned to the state as reimbursement for funds paid to that person before March 1, 2019, but which they were not entitled to keep.
(b) “Receivable” means a non–child support debt owed to the State of Oregon.
(c) “Recoupment” means collecting a receivable owed to the State of Oregon by retaining all or a portion of future child support payments.
(2) Recoupment may be used only if authorized as follows:
(a) By agreement between the Oregon Child Support Program and the person or entity who owes the debt for the state to retain a fixed percentage of future child support payments; or
(b) By default agreement resulting from the person or entity who owes the debt failing to respond to three notices requesting payment and offering recoupment as a repayment option. The recoupment rate for default agreements is 20% of future child support payments.
(3) A receivable account is created when:
(a) The Department received a payment from an obligor, withholder, or other issuer on behalf of the obligor, transmitted the appropriate amount from that payment to the payee, and that payment is subsequently dishonored; or
(b) The Department transmitted an amount to a person or entity authorized to receive child support payments or to an obligor, and that amount:
(A) Was transmitted in error;
(B) Was attributable in whole or in part to a tax refund offset collection, all or part of which was reclaimed by the Internal Revenue Service or the Oregon Department of Revenue;
(C) Was an advanced payment in the Child Support Enforcement Automated System that was converted to the Origin child support system and transferred to the family’s unassigned arrears and created a receivable of equal value;
(D) Was previously owed to a person or entity but was redistributed as support owed to the state or to a different person or entity as the result of an accounting adjustment; or
(E) Was the result of a banking error or a check that was paid twice.
(4) For receivable accounts described in subsection (3)(b) of this rule, sections (5) through (10) of this rule apply. For receivable accounts described in subsection (3)(a), sections (11) through (14) of this rule apply.
(5) The Department will determine a threshold amount for attempts to recover the receivable account. In determining the threshold, the Department will consider the cost of:
(a) Staff time in processing the collection of the receivable account; and
(b) An administrative hearing and the average number of cases requesting a hearing.
(6)(a) When a notice is issued under ORS 25.125 (Disposition of support obligation overpayments) to a person or entity described in subsection (3)(b) of this rule, the Department will include a statement that the person or entity must respond within 30 days from the date of the notice to object and request an administrative review, and if repayment does not begin within 90 days of the first notice, the debt may be referred for collection as provided in ORS 293.231 (Collection of liquidated and delinquent accounts by Department of Revenue or private collection agency).
(b) When the person described in (3)(b) is a person who receives support, the notice will include a statement that the debt may be collected through recoupment if the person fails to respond.
(7) If the person or entity described in subsection (3)(b) requests an administrative review, the Department will conduct the administrative review within 30 days after receiving the request and notify the requestor of the results of the review.
(8) Notice of the results of the administrative review will include a statement that the person or entity described in subsection (3)(b) may object and request an administrative hearing. To be considered timely, a request for administrative hearing must be received by the Department within 30 days of the date of this notice.
(9) If the person or entity described in subsection (3)(b) files a timely objection and request for hearing, an administrative law judge shall then hear the objection.
(a) An order by an administrative law judge is final.
(b) The person or entity described in subsection (3)(b) may appeal the decision of an administrative law judge to the circuit court for a hearing de novo. The appeal shall be by a petition for review filed within 60 days after the final hearing order is filed in court.
(10) If a person or entity described in subsection (3)(b) fails to file a written request for administrative review, objection or request for hearing, or if an order setting the overpayment amount is received from an administrative law judge, and the person or entity fails to make payment, the Department may refer the overpayment for collection as provided in ORS 293.231 (Collection of liquidated and delinquent accounts by Department of Revenue or private collection agency).
(11) When a notice is issued under ORS 25.125 (Disposition of support obligation overpayments)(5) to an obligor, withholder, or other issuer described in subsection (3)(a), the Department will include a statement that the obligor or withholder must respond within 30 days of the date of the notice and request an administrative review.
(12) If the obligor, withholder, or other issuer described in subsection (3)(a) requests an administrative review, the Department will conduct the administrative review within 30 days after receiving the request and notify the obligor or withholder of the results of the review.
(13) The obligor, withholder, or other issuer described in subsection (3)(a) may appeal the result of the administrative review as provided in ORS 183.484 (Jurisdiction for review of orders other than contested cases).
(14) If the obligor, withholder, or other issuer described in subsection (3)(a) fails to request an administrative review or if the result of an administrative review is that an overpayment occurred, the Department may refer the overpayment for collection from the obligor or withholder as provided in ORS 293.231 (Collection of liquidated and delinquent accounts by Department of Revenue or private collection agency).
(15) The Department will initially assign all receivable accounts for dishonored payments to the obligor on the case where the payment was made. The receivable account may be reassigned to the person or entity who issued the payment, if appropriate, but may be reassigned to the obligor at the discretion of the Department.

Source: Rule 137-055-6220 — Recovery of Overpayments and Collection of Receivable Accounts, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=137-055-6220.

137‑055‑1010
Applicability of Rules in OAR 137, Division 55
137‑055‑1020
Child Support Program Definitions
137‑055‑1040
“Party Status” in Court and Administrative Proceedings
137‑055‑1060
Uniform Application for Child Support Enforcement Services
137‑055‑1070
Provision of Services
137‑055‑1080
Fees
137‑055‑1090
Good Cause
137‑055‑1100
Continuation of Services
137‑055‑1120
Case Closure
137‑055‑1140
Confidentiality of Records in the Child Support Program
137‑055‑1160
Confidentiality — Finding of Risk and Order for Nondisclosure of Information
137‑055‑1200
Use of Social Security Number by the Child Support Program
137‑055‑1320
Access to FPLS for Purposes of Parentage Establishment
137‑055‑1360
Access to FPLS for Parental Kidnapping, Child Custody or Visitation Purposes
137‑055‑1500
Incentive Payments
137‑055‑1600
Child Support Program Participant Grievance
137‑055‑1700
Division of Child Support as Garnishee — Service of Writ
137‑055‑1800
Limited English Proficiency
137‑055‑2020
Case Assignment
137‑055‑2045
Spousal Support
137‑055‑2060
Cases with Contradictory Purposes
137‑055‑2080
Office Responsible for Providing Services when Conflict of Interest
137‑055‑2100
Process Service
137‑055‑2120
Rules for Contested Case Hearings in the Child Support Program
137‑055‑2140
Delegations to Administrative Law Judge
137‑055‑2160
Requests for Hearing
137‑055‑2165
Requests to Reschedule Hearing
137‑055‑2170
Use of Lay Representatives at Administrative Hearings
137‑055‑2180
Reconsideration and Rehearing
137‑055‑2320
Requirement for Services — Obligor Bankruptcy Situations
137‑055‑2340
Obligor Bankruptcy Situations in General
137‑055‑2360
Obligor Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Situations
137‑055‑2380
Obligor Chapter 12 and Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Situations
137‑055‑3020
Paternity Establishment Procedures
137‑055‑3040
Temporary Order for Support
137‑055‑3060
Establishing Paternity in Multiple Alleged Father Cases
137‑055‑3080
Responsibility of Administrator to Establish Paternity at Request of Self-Alleged Father
137‑055‑3100
Order Establishing Paternity for Failure to Comply with an Order for Parentage Testing
137‑055‑3120
Changing Child’s Surname on Birth Certificate When Paternity Established
137‑055‑3140
Reopening of Paternity Cases
137‑055‑3200
Pending Judicial Proceedings and Existing Support Orders
137‑055‑3220
Establishment of Past Support Orders
137‑055‑3240
Establishment of Arrears
137‑055‑3260
Correction of Mistakes in Orders
137‑055‑3280
Administrative Law Judge Order Regarding Arrears
137‑055‑3290
Entry of Contingency Orders When Child Out of Care
137‑055‑3300
Incarcerated Obligors
137‑055‑3360
Entering of Administrative Orders in the Register of the Circuit Court
137‑055‑3400
District Attorney Case Assignment for Modification or Suspension of Support
137‑055‑3410
Notice and Finding of Financial Responsibility or Modification
137‑055‑3420
Periodic Review and Modification of Child Support Order Amounts
137‑055‑3430
Substantial Change in Circumstance Modification of Child Support Order Amounts
137‑055‑3435
Physical Custody Changes: Adjusting Orders
137‑055‑3440
Effective Date of Modification Under ORS 25.527
137‑055‑3460
Processing Modifications When Unable to Find the Obligee
137‑055‑3480
Modification of a Support Order to Zero or Termination of a Support Order
137‑055‑3485
Establishment or Modification for a Child Who Is Approaching or Has Reached 18 Years of Age
137‑055‑3490
Suspension of Enforcement
137‑055‑3495
Redirection of Support
137‑055‑3500
Joinder of a New Party to a Child Support Proceeding
137‑055‑3620
Administrative Subpoena
137‑055‑3640
Enforcement of a Subpoena by License Suspension
137‑055‑3660
Multiple Child Support Judgments
137‑055‑3665
Multiple Child Support Judgments — Multiple Obligees
137‑055‑4040
New Hire Reporting Requirements
137‑055‑4060
Income Withholding — General Provisions, Requirements and Definitions
137‑055‑4080
Exceptions to Income Withholding
137‑055‑4130
Reduced Income Withholding
137‑055‑4160
Contested Income Withholding
137‑055‑4210
Withholder Penalties
137‑055‑4300
Support Enforcement by Methods Other than Income Withholding
137‑055‑4320
Collection of Delinquent Support Obligations Through the Oregon Department of Revenue
137‑055‑4340
Collection of Delinquent Support Obligations Through the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
137‑055‑4420
License Suspension for Child Support
137‑055‑4440
Liens Against Personal and Real Property
137‑055‑4450
Expiration and Release of Judgment Liens
137‑055‑4455
Expiration of Support Judgment Remedies
137‑055‑4460
Posting Security Bond or Other Guarantee of Payment of Overdue Support
137‑055‑4500
Financial Institution Data Match — Reasonable Fee
137‑055‑4510
Financial Institution Data Matches – Insurance Claims
137‑055‑4520
Garnishment
137‑055‑4540
Passport Denial and Release
137‑055‑4560
Consumer Credit Reporting Agencies
137‑055‑4620
Enforcing Health Care Coverage and Cash Medical Support
137‑055‑4640
Medical Support Notice — Plan Selection
137‑055‑5025
Payment of Child Support to an Escrow Agent
137‑055‑5030
Receipting of Support Payments
137‑055‑5035
Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer
137‑055‑5040
Accrual and Due Dates
137‑055‑5045
Inconsistent Provisions: Body of Order and Support or Money Award
137‑055‑5060
Billings for Support Payments
137‑055‑5080
Adding Interest
137‑055‑5110
Child Attending School
137‑055‑5120
Child Attending School — Arrears
137‑055‑5220
Satisfaction of Support Awards
137‑055‑5240
Credit for Support Payments not made to the Department of Justice
137‑055‑5400
Obligor Receiving Cash Assistance, Presumed Unable to Pay Child Support
137‑055‑5510
Request for Credit Against Child Support Arrears for Physical Custody of Child
137‑055‑5520
Request for Credit Against Child Support Arrears for Social Security or Veterans’ Benefits Paid Retroactively on Behalf of a Child
137‑055‑6010
Definitions for Distribution and Disbursement
137‑055‑6020
Disbursement by Electronic Funds Transfer/Electronic Data Interchange
137‑055‑6021
Allocation, Distribution, and Disbursement: General Provisions
137‑055‑6022
Distribution and Disbursement
137‑055‑6023
Exceptions to Allocation, Distribution, and Disbursement
137‑055‑6024
Allocation of Collections to Multiple Cases
137‑055‑6026
Payment Holds
137‑055‑6040
Right to Hearing to Contest Amount of Assigned Support
137‑055‑6120
Satisfaction of Arrears for Less Than Full Payment
137‑055‑6200
Adjusting Case Arrears When an Error is Identified
137‑055‑6210
Advance Payments of Child Support
137‑055‑6220
Recovery of Overpayments and Collection of Receivable Accounts
137‑055‑6240
Dishonored Payments on Support Accounts
137‑055‑6260
Return of Payments to Obligor or Other Jurisdiction
137‑055‑6280
Refund of Improper Tax Refund Collection
137‑055‑7040
Central Registry
137‑055‑7060
Initiating Jurisdiction Responsibilities – General Provisions
137‑055‑7100
Interstate Income Withholding
137‑055‑7120
Responding Jurisdiction Responsibilities – General Provisions
137‑055‑7140
Oregon as Responding Jurisdiction – Establishing Paternity
137‑055‑7180
Determining Controlling Order
137‑055‑7190
Review and Modification In Intergovernmental Cases
Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

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