SEC FORM 4 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*
KOONTZ LILLIS ANN

(Last) (First) (Middle)
2277 FAIR OAKS BLVD, STE 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)
Pres. & CEO of Molina of WA
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
09/13/2004
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 781 D
Common Stock(1) 09/13/2004 A 25,000 A $0 25,781 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) $25.33 02/10/2005(2) 02/10/2014 Common Stock 15,000 15,000 D
Stock Options (Right to Buy) $4.5 (3) 12/27/2010 Common Stock 9,240 9,240 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. Grant of restricted stock bonus award under issuer's 2002 Equity Incentive Plan, with one-third of the shares to vest on each of 9/13/2005, 9/13/2006, and 9/13/2007.
2. The options vest one-third on each of 2/10/2005, 2/10/2006, and 2/10/2007.
3. The options became fully exercisable upon the closing of the initial public offering of the issuer.
Lillis Ann Koontz, by Jeff D. Barlow, Attorney-in-Fact pursuant to Exhibit 24.1 hereto. 09/15/2004
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.
rrd43705_49350.html


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 Forms 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 2nd day of July, 2004.



/s/ Lillis Ann Koontz
Signature

Lillis Ann
Printed Name


Exhibit 24.1