SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
	Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* DESAI AMIR (Last) (First) (Middle) 200 OCEANGATE, SUITE 100 (Street) LONG BEACH CA 90802 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol MOLINA HEALTHCARE INC [ MOH ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Chief Information Officer
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/13/2008
	4. 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 Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	03/13/2008		S		357	D	$26.8688	12,525(1)	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$31.32							03/01/2008(2)	03/01/2017	Common Stock	2,000		2,000	D
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$32.58							08/15/2008(3)	08/15/2007	Common Stock	1,000		1,000	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Increments of 533 shares will vest on each of 8/25/08 and 8/25/09; increments of 625 shares will vest on each of 3/1/09, 3/1/10, and 3/1/11; and increments of 750 shares will vest on each of 8/15/08, 8/15/09, 8/15/10, and 8/15/11. 5,600 shares vest in one-quarter increments on 3/1/2009, 3/1/2010, 3/1/2011, 3/1/2012. The remainder of shares are fully vested.

2. The options vest in one-quarter increments on each of 3/1/08, 3/1/09, 3/1/10, and 3/1/11.

3. The options vest in one-quarter increments on each of 8/15/08, 8/15/09, 8/15/10, and 8/15/11.

	Jeff D. Barlow, by power of attorney for Amir Desai.	03/13/2008
	** 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 18th day of September, 2007.



/s/ Amir Desai
Signature

Amir Desai
Printed Name


Exhibit 24.1