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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001179929-17-000087
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170401
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170404
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170404

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MOLINA HEALTHCARE INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001179929
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	HOSPITAL & MEDICAL SERVICE PLANS [6324]
		IRS NUMBER:				134204626
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 OCEANGATE, SUITE 100
		CITY:			LONG BEACH
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90802
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5624353666

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 OCEANGATE, SUITE 100
		CITY:			LONG BEACH
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90802

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Murray Frank E MD
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001293647

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-31719
		FILM NUMBER:		17739274

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O MOLINA HEALTHCARE, INC.
		STREET 2:		2277 FAIR OAKS BLVD, STE 440
		CITY:			SACRAMENTO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95825
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        <issuerName>MOLINA HEALTHCARE INC</issuerName>
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            <rptOwnerName>Murray Frank E MD</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>300 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, SUITE 100</rptOwnerStreet1>
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            <rptOwnerCity>SACRAMENTO</rptOwnerCity>
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            <rptOwnerZipCode>95825</rptOwnerZipCode>
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                <value>Common Stock</value>
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            <transactionDate>
                <value>2017-04-01</value>
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                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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                    <value>45.60</value>
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                    <value>A</value>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>15216</value>
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        <footnote id="F1">Grant of stock under the Issuer's 2011 Equity Incentive Plan in connection with the Reporting Person's services as a director.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The aggregate dollar value of the annual equity award to each director in 2016-2017 shall be $220,000, with one quarter of that amount in stock, or $55,000, to be granted on the first day of each quarter based on the closing price of the Issuer's common stock on such day.  Since the grant date of April 1, 2017 was a non-trading day, the number of shares was calculated based on the closing price of the Issuer's common stock on March 31, 2017, of $45.60. Thus, the grant this quarter for services as a director is for 1,206 shares of the Issuer's common stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Represents the closing price of the Issuer's common stock on March 31, 2017.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Shares are held by The F E M &amp; I L M Revocable Living Trust.</footnote>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Jeff D. Barlow, by power of attorney for Frank E. Murray, M.D.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2017-04-04</signatureDate>
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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
Jeff D. Barlow and Codruta Catanescu, 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 Form 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.

The undersigned hereby revokes the Limited Power of Attorney granted to Jeff D.
Barlow and Mark L. Andrews on August 18, 2004.

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 16th day of February, 2011.



/s/ Frank E. Murray MD
Signature

Frank E. Murray, MD
Printed Name


Exhibit 24.1



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