Health Secretary Teodoro "Ted" Herbosa on Tuesday failed to get the approval of the powerful Commission on Appointments.

Due to the lack of material time, the Constitutional body's deliberation for Herbosa's ad interim appointment as secretary of the Department of Health was suspended.

The suspension came after Camarines Sur 2nd District Rep. LRay Villafuerte moved to suspend the deliberation on Herbosa's ad interim appointment.

"I move that for lack of material time, we suspend the deliberation of the ad interim appointment of Mr. Teodoro Javier Herbosa as secretary of Health," Villafuerte said.

Senator Christopher "Bong" Go, who presided over the CA's panel on Health and Demography, approved the motion.

Congress is scheduled to go on a break on 30 September and will resume on 6 November.

During the Congressional break, Herbosa would need to secure reappointment from President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

Under Section 17 of Chapter V of the CA rules, nominations or appointments submitted by the President which are not finally acted upon or bypassed at the close of the session of Congress shall be returned to the President and, unless new nominations or appointments are made, shall not again be considered by the Commission.

Herbosa was tapped by Marcos to lead the Health department last June.