(a) In conjunction with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and in such a way as to avoid duplication of effort, the council shall establish a comprehensive health professions resource center for the collection and analysis of educational and employment trends for health professions in this state.
(b) In conjunction with the committee formed under § 104.0155, to avoid duplication of effort, and to the extent funding is available through fees collected under § 301.155(c), Occupations Code, the council shall establish a nursing resource section within the center for the collection and analysis of educational and employment trends for nurses in this state.

(c) If the nursing resource section established under Subsection (b) is funded from surcharges collected under § 301.155(c), Occupations Code, the council shall provide the Texas Board of Nursing with an annual accounting of the money received from the board. The council may expend a reasonable amount of the money to pay administrative costs of maintaining the nursing resource section.