The title is dead on. The Legislature has not given a single penny to fight RLWD directly, not one. The DoH has never even requested finding for RLWD, and didn't do so this year either. As far as RLWD goes, the DoH efforts amount to notifying the public on basic washing procedures for produce. No one is asking to keep the DoH out of the loop. The actual bills that have been introduced have asked for funding to continue the actual scientific research at the UH Hilo lab, which has been doing the real research on this terrible disease for years - and the bills have included funding for the DoH and DoAg for efforts to educate the public, food businesses, and farmers. The DoH has been asked to join efforts with the lab for years as well and no consulting was ever pursued.