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* HELMER RICHARD A MD (Last) (First) (Middle) 2277 FAIR OAKS BLVD., SUITE 440 (Street) SACRAMENTO CA 95825 (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. and Chief Medical Officer
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 09/01/2004
	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								1,741	D
Common Stock	09/01/2004		M		7,000	A	$4.5	8,741	D
Common Stock	09/01/2004		S		7,000	D	$33	1,741	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 Option (right to buy)	$4.5	09/01/2004		M			7,000	(1)	11/18/2011	Common Stock	7,000	$0	20,120	D
Stock Option (right to buy)	$25.33							02/10/2005(2)	02/10/2014	Common Stock	15,000		15,000	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. The options became fully exercisable upon the closing of the initial public offering of the issuer.

2. The options vest one-third on each of 2/10/2005, 2/10/2006, and 2/10/2007.

	Richard A. Helmer, M.D., by Jeff D. Barlow, Attorney-in-Fact.	09/02/2004
	** 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 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 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 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 25th day of June, 2004.


/s/  Richard A. Helmer
Signature

Richard A. Helmer, MD
Printed Name



Exhibit 24.1