<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001179929-19-000109.txt : 20190701
<SEC-HEADER>0001179929-19-000109.hdr.sgml : 20190701
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20190701191754
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001179929-19-000109
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20190628
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190701
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190701

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Tran Thomas L
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001403759

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-31719
		FILM NUMBER:		19934766

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		8735 HENDERSON ROAD
		CITY:			TAMPA
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			33625

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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<TYPE>4
<SEQUENCE>1
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<DESCRIPTION>FORM 4
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    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2019-06-28</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001179929</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>MOLINA HEALTHCARE INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>MOH</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001403759</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Tran Thomas L</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>2180 HARVARD STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 400</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SACRAMENTO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>95815</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chief Financial Officer</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2019-06-28</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>215</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>116.22</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>14324</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
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    <derivativeTable></derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The shares were acquired under the Molina Healthcare, Inc. 2019 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the &quot;ESPP&quot;).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Represents the closing price of Issuer's common stock on December 31, 2018. The purchase price is based on the stock's lower market price as of the two following dates: (1) January 1, 2019, the first day of the ESPP offering period, and (2) June 28, 2019, the last trading day of the ESPP offering period.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">5,780 shares shall vest in one-third increments on each of March 1, 2020, March 1, 2021, and March 1, 2022; 6,327 shares shall vest in two increments on each of  May 24, 2020 and May 24, 2021; the remainder of the shares are vested.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Jeff D. Barlow, by power of attorney for Thomas L. Tran</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2019-07-01</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>tranlpoa.txt
<DESCRIPTION>LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
<TEXT>
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 8th day of May 2018.

/s/ Thomas L. Tran
Signature

Thomas L. Tran
Printed Name

Exhibit 24
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