(a) The council shall establish a consortium of Alzheimer’s disease centers, to be initially composed of the Alzheimer’s disease centers at the Baylor College of Medicine, the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, and The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. The council may add additional consortium participants to the consortium as necessary.
(b) The council shall provide funds to the consortium participants to assist those participants to develop clinical centers that meet the standards of the consortium.

(c) A participant’s clinical center may employ any personnel necessary to support its activities, including clinical, administrative, and data management personnel.