“I did help a trans girl the other day… I told her that the best way to get it [feminization surgery] would be to make sure that your doctor says that it is medically necessary. So that Medicare pays for it.”
Deshaun Eli Mack, a Family Services Specialist with the Nevada DHHS, told an undercover OMG journalist that not only has he helped children transition, but he has done it “a few times, actually. Actually, a lot of times,” adding, “I don’t see as many as I would enjoy seeing.”
Mack described helping a biological male pursue so-called feminization surgery. “She had specifically asked me about feminization surgery,” he recalled, explaining the advice he gave: “I told her the best way to get it would be to make sure that your doctor says that it’s medically necessary. So that medicare pays for it.”
When asked about what happens if a child’s parents don’t approve of the transition or don’t know about it, Mack made it clear: “We do not actually tell anyone.” He elaborated further, stating, “I can’t even tell you that your child is receiving benefits. Because you’re not on that case.” According to Mack, “The parents don’t need to know that you’re transitioning. You can just go to the doctor.”
Even more disturbing, Mack openly admitted to abusing the state’s “runaway youth” provision to bypass parental consent. “At that point, I would just shoot them as a runaway youth,” he said.
He further explained the mechanics of how the system can be manipulated: “We can approve the benefits for the child by themselves. Or we can pull them off their parent’s case.” He added that this practice doesn’t alert other state agencies either: “I don’t even think in that circumstance we let our sister agency, DCFS, Division of Child Care and Family Services, I don’t even think we alert them at that point.”
When asked whether this protocol was officially sanctioned or just something he chose to do personally, Mack responded bluntly: “That’s something personally that I would not do, whether it was on the books or not. I’m not giving that information.”
Following the release of Part 1 of our investigation in which Deshaun Eli Mack was caught on hidden camera admitting to bending state rules to provide extended taxpayer-funded benefits to illegal immigrants, Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo responded publicly. In an official statement, the Governor confirmed his office is “aware of the allegations of misconduct stemming from a recent viral video” and pledged that the matter “will be thoroughly investigated.” He stated, “If the investigation determines that an unlawful act has been committed, we will seek prosecution to the fullest extent of the law.” Governor Lombardo reaffirmed his administration’s position, declaring, “The State of Nevada has zero tolerance for criminal conduct.”
