In this subchapter:
(1) "Hospital-based nursing education partnership" means a partnership that:
(A) consists of one or more hospitals in this state that are not owned, maintained, or operated by the federal or state government or an agency of the federal or state government and one or more nursing education programs in this state; and
(B) serves to increase the number of students enrolled in and graduation rates for each nursing education program in the partnership.
(2) "Nursing education program" means an undergraduate professional nursing program or a graduate professional nursing program as those terms are defined by Section 54.355.