Expanding the purpose of the Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Nurses and Nursing Support Staff; requiring the Department to prioritize funding for nurses or nursing support staff who practice in an area with a shortage of nurses or nursing support staff or who practice in a specialty where a shortage has been identified; altering certain education requirements for licensure; repealing a certain requirement that the State Board of Nursing approve certain nursing assistant training program sites within a certain time period; etc.