BILL TO TRACK SEX OFFENDERS IN CARE HOMES

Newsday/James T. Madore

When Robert Gregg, 54, went into the room of another resident at an Amityville nursing home inOctober and allegedly pulled the covers away and molested her, the 84 year old woman didn't knowthat Gregg is a registered sex offender. Four years earlier, he had been convicted elsewhere ofattempting to rape a 60 year old woman. Although police said officials at Brunswick HospitalCenter's nursing home were told of Gregg's criminal record, they were not required to tell otherresidents when he was admitted in 2004 after suffering a stroke. Gregg was charged with forcibletouching in the Brunswick incident. Suffolk County and New York State have been called to enactgreater protections for nursing home residents.

WHAT SUFFOLK BILL WOULD DO

Require all nursing home in the county to:

- Determine whether current employees, job applicants, volunteers and student interns at nursinghome are listed on the state's sex offender registry.

- Find out whether current and prospective residents of nursing homes are listed on the state'ssex offender registry.

- Notify employees, residents and residents' families of any resident's sex offender status anddirect them to the state and Megan's Law sexual offender registries for more information.

- Impose fines of $2,000 per violation for noncompliance.

SEX OFFENDERS LIVING IN AREA NURSING HOMES

At least three nursing homes and skilled-care facilities for the elderly are home to sexoffenders, according to state records of Level 3 offenders, considered the most dangerous.

- CHARLES BROWN, 40, sodomy and sexual abuse of a 4 year old boy.

St. Elizabeth Ann's Health Care and Rehabilitation Center, Staten Island.

- ROBERT FOLEY, 83, rape of a 6 year old girl.

Thomas Jefferson Assisted Living Facility, Brooklyn.

- MICHAEL FREY, 43, sexual abuse of a 9 year old boy.

St. Elizabeth Ann's Health Care and Rehabilitation Center, Staten Island.

- WILLIAM SHATTUCK, 65, felony sex with a 10 year old girl.

Oak Hollow Nursing Home, Middle Island.

(New York)