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* MOLINA JOHN C (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) X Director X 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below) Exec. V.P., CFO / Trustee
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/01/2005
	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	03/01/2005		J(1)		161,976	D	$0	0	I	Trustee of Family Trust(1)
Common Stock								438,831	D
Common Stock								436,244	I	Trustee of Family Trust(2)
Common Stock								192,303	I	Trustee of Family Trust(3)
Common Stock								62,933	I	Trustee of Family Trust(4)
Common Stock								3,356,000	I	Trustee of Family Trust(5)
Common Stock								50,394	I	Trustee of Family Trust(6)

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. Mr. Molina resigned as trustee of the MRM GRAT 303/2. The current trustee is William Dentino. Mr. Molina and certain immediate family members of Mr. Molina are the beneficiaries.

2. The shares are owned by the MRM GRAT 301/3, of which Mr. Molina is the trustee and certain immediate family members of Mr. Molina are the beneficiaries.

3. The shares are owned by the John C. Molina Trust (1995), of which Mr. Molina is a co-trustee and beneficiary.

4. The shares are owned by the Molina Children's Trust for John C. Molina (1977), of which Mr. Molina is a co-trustee and beneficiary.

5. The shares are owned by the Molina Siblings Trust, of which Mr. Molina is the trustee and certain immediate family members of Mr. Molina are the beneficiaries.

6. The shares are owned by the M/T Molina Children's Education Trust, of which Mr. Molina is the trustee and certain immediate family members of Mr. Molina are the beneficiaries.

	/s/ John C. Molina, by Karen Calhoun, Attorney-In-Fact	03/02/2005
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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