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* BATTISTE JOSEPHINE M (Last) (First) (Middle) 2277 FAIR OAKS BOULEVARD SUITE 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 Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below) Settlor-Molina Siblings Trust
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 07/16/2008
	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	07/16/2008		S(1)		25,000	D	$25.1178(2)	220,701	I	Interest in Trust(3)
Common Stock								32,978	I	Interest in Trust(4)
Common Stock								27,616	I	Interest in Trust(5)
Common Stock								38,806	I	Interest in Trust(6)
Common Stock								45,136	D
Common Stock								14,681	I	Interest in Trust(7)
Common Stock								41,956	I	Interest in Trust(8)
Common Stock								118,652(9)	I	Interest in Trust(10)

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. Sale pursuant to the Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plan of the Reporting Person.

2. Represents the weighted average sale price of all sales on the Transaction Date. The range of prices for the transactions was $24.79 to $25.33. The Reporting Person undertakes to provide full information about the transactions to the Commission upon request.

3. The shares are owned by the Josephine M. Battiste Separate Property Trust, of which Ms. Battiste is trustee and beneficiary.

4. The shares are owned by the JMB GRAT 607/5, of which Ms. Battiste is a beneficiary and her spouse is trustee.

5. The shares are owned by the JMB GRAT 607/2, of which Ms. Battiste is a beneficiary and her spouse is trustee.

6. The shares are owned by the Josephine M. Molina Remainder Trust I, of which Ms. Battiste is trustee and beneficiary.

7. The shares are owned by the Battiste Family Trust, of which Ms. Battiste is a co-trustee and beneficiary.

8. The shares are owned by the Molina Children's Trust for Josephine M. Molina (1997), of which Ms. Battiste is a co-trustee and beneficiary.

9. All Form 4 filings for the Reporting Person beginning December 8, 2005 inadvertently overstated this holding by 36,000 shares.

10. The shares are owned by the Josephine M. Molina Trust (1995), of which Ms. Battiste is a co-trustee and beneficiary.

Remarks:

The reporting person, Josephine M. Battiste, formerly reported under the name Josephine M. Molina.

	/s/ Josephine M. Battiste, by Karen Calhoun, Attorney-in-Fact	07/17/2008
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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