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
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* WHITE JOSEPH W CPA (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O MOLINA HEALTHCARE, INC. ONE GOLDEN SHORE DRIVE (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) V.P., Accounting
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 12/31/2003
	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	12/31/2003		J(1)		879	A	$14.88	879	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

Explanation of Responses:

1. The shares were acquired under the Molina Healthcare, Inc. 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

	Joseph W. White, CPA, by Nicholas Arbuckle, Attorney-In-Fact pursuant to Exhibit 24 hereto	01/05/2004
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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Exhibit 24

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR
SECTION 16(a) FILINGS

	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
Nicholas Arbuckle and Karen Calhoun, 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 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 Form 3, 4, or 5 or amendment
	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 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 21st day of July, 2003.



	/s/ Joseph W. White, CPA
	Signature

	Joseph W. White, CPA
	Printed Name