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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001179929-18-000069
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180309
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180316
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180316

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Gooch Harold
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001734861

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-31719
		FILM NUMBER:		18697216

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		300 UNIVERSITY AVENUE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 100
		CITY:			SACRAMENTO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95825

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
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    <periodOfReport>2018-03-09</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001179929</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>MOLINA HEALTHCARE INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>MOH</issuerTradingSymbol>
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        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001734861</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Gooch Harold</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>300 UNIVERSITY AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 100</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SACRAMENTO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>95825</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <officerTitle></officerTitle>
            <otherText>National Medical Director</otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>6737</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable></derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">870 shares are subject to vesting in one-quarter increments over four years on each of March 1, 2019, March 1, 2020, March 1, 2021 and March 1, 2022. The remainder of the shares are vested.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Jeff D. Barlow, by power of attorney for Harold Gooch</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-03-16</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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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 Boggs, 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 amendments 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 9th day of March 2018.



        /s/ Harold Gooch
        Signature

        Harold Gooch
        Printed Name


Exhibit 24


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