SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Sparling Zarina

(Last) (First) (Middle)
200 OCEANGATE, SUITE 100

(Street)
LONG BEACH CA 90802

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
11/15/2007
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
MOLINA HEALTHCARE INC [ MOH ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Regional Vice President
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock 3,801(1) D
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Options (Right to Buy) 02/02/2007(2) 02/02/2016 Common Stock 2,500 28.66 D
Stock Options (Right to Buy) 03/01/2008(3) 03/01/2017 Common Stock 3,000 31.32 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. 301 shares are vested. Increments of 875 shares will vest on each of 3/1/08, 3/1/09, 3/1/10, and 3/1/11.
2. 833 options are vested. Increments of 833 options will vest on each of 2/2/08 and 2/2/09.
3. The options will vest in one-quarter increments on each of 3/1/08, 3/1/09, 3/1/10, and 3/1/11.
Jeff D. Barlow, by power-of-attorney for Zarina Sparling. 11/15/2007
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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       LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR SECTION 16(a) FILINGS


Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints Mark L. Andrews and Jeff D. Barlow, and each acting
singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

1)  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer, director and/or stockholder of Molina
Healthcare, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms ID, 3, 4, and 5 and amendments
thereto in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder; and

2)  do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and
execute any such Forms ID, 3, 4, or 5 or amendment thereto and timely file
such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "SEC") and any stock exchange or similar authority.


The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of
the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present,
with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not
assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934.


This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms ID, 3, 4, and 5 with
respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transaction in securities
of the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.  This Power of
Attorney may be filed with the SEC as a confirming statement of the
authority granted herein.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 15th day of August, 2007.



/s/ Zarina Sparling
Signature

Zarina Sparling
Printed Name


Exhibit 24.1