ERIE COUNTY, N.Y. -- Ruth Murray was a resident at Emerald South Nursing Home in Buffalo when she was brutally attacked by another resident last August. 

"Her injuries were so significant she actually died from them. I've seen the pictures of what Ms. Murray looked like after the attack, and truthfully, they are too shocking to show in public," said County Executive Mark Poloncarz, D-Erie County.

Murray was 82.

The proposed "Ruthie's Law" would require nursing homes to notify a resident's guardian within one hour of determining their injuries are so severe that they need to go to the hospital.

"No family should ever be deceived by a nursing home about their loved ones' condition," said Poloncarz.

Poloncarz says initially, the nursing home failed to notify the state and Murray's family about what happened, and he says when they did contact her daughter, Murray's injuries were downplayed.

"In this situation, the nursing home failed. We want to ensure that does not happen to any other family in Erie County," said Poloncarz.  

"Ruthie's Law" would also require nursing homes to disclose their state ranking when someone applies for placement, and provide data about altercations and injuries to the county.

Although the law has to go to the legislature for approval, Poloncarz took immediate action with an executive order Friday to create a county website with nursing home rankings and past infractions. The site will launch Monday, March 27.

"While the DOH has a tremendous amount of information, most people don't know it even exists, or it's difficult to find," he said.

Poloncarz also calling on Assembly Carl Speaker Heastie to support legislation Assemblyman Sean Ryan introduced that would increase the maximum fine nursing homes face. Right now, it's $10,000, but Ryan says it's scheduled to go down to $2,000 on April 1. He wants it to go up to $50,000 to be an effective deterrent.

"We need to change the law to send a clear signal to nursing homes to get the nursing homes to change their behavior, that they have to act in the best interest of their patients, not in the best interest of their bottom line," said Ryan, D-Buffalo.