SEC FORM 4

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

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Clarey Patricia T.

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

21650 OXNARD STREET

(Street)

WOODLAND HILLS

91367

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
HEALTH NET INC [ HNT ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
	SVP, Chief Regulatory Officer

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/22/2010

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)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	02/22/2010		A		24,520⁽¹⁾	A	$0	49,837⁽⁵⁾	D

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)
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)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Stock Option (Right to Buy)⁽²⁾	$23.03	02/22/2010		A		41,625		02/22/2013⁽³⁾	02/22/2017	Common Stock	41,625	$0	41,625⁽⁴⁾	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Includes 18,270 performance shares, which represent the portion of the Reporting Person's February 2009 performance share award attributable to the Issuer's achievement of a target level of pre-tax income and completion of certain strategic business divestitures in 2009. Vesting of the performance shares is subject to the continued employment of the Reporting Person through the date on which the Compensation Committee makes a determination regarding the satisfaction of certain additional criteria, which shall occur as soon as practicable following December 31, 2011 and in any event, no later than the third anniversary of the grant date. Also includes 6,250 restricted stock units ("RSUs") granted to the reporting person on February 22, 2010 (the "Grant Date") under the Issuer's 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended (the "2006 Plan"), which vest and become non-forfeitable with respect to 25% of the RSUs on each of the first, second, third and fourth anniversaries of the Grant Date.

2. Stock Option (Right to Buy) granted to the Reporting Person under the Issuer's 2006 Plan in a transaction exempt under Rule 16b-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

3. This stock option becomes exercisable with respect to 100% of the shares underlying the options on February 22, 2013

4. Represents total number of stock options granted to the Reporting Person on February 22, 2010.

5. Includes 9,692 shares held by the Patricia T. Clarey Revocable Trust, of which the Reporting Person is sole trustee and beneficiary.

	/s/ Patricia T. Clarey	02/24/2010
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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