1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Research Empirical Solutions to End Ambulance Reversals from Closed Hospitals Act of 2020 or the RESEARCH Act of 2020 . 2. Study on ambulance diversions (a) Study The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Medicine under which the National Academy agrees to conduct a study on ambulance diversions, including— (1) whether the number of such diversions have increased over the last 10 years, including whether the number of such diversions have increased at the national, regional, State, and local level; (2) what steps, if any, have been taken to reduce the number of such diversions; (3) whether such diversions disproportionately impact medically underserved communities (as defined in section 799B of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 295p )); and (4) what actions the Federal Government should take— (A) to reduce the number of ambulance diversions; and (B) to improve the health and safety of patients affected by ambulance diversions. (b) Consultation The agreement under subsection (a) shall require the study under such agreement to be conducted in consultation with— (1) the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation of the Department of Health and Human Services; (2) the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response of the Department of Health and Human Services; and (3) the Director of the Office of Emergency Care Research of the National Institutes of Health. (c) Report The agreement under subsection (a) shall provide for— (1) the submission to the congressional committees of jurisdiction, not later than 24 months after the date of enactment of this Act, of a report on the results of the study under such agreement; and (2) the inclusion in such report of recommendations on actions the Federal Government should take— (A) to mitigate the occurrence of ambulance diversions