remedial

adjective | \ ri-ˈmē-dē-əl \ | re·me·di·al

1. a : intended as or providing a remedy

   b : concerned with the correction, removal, or abatement of an evil, defect, or disease remedial treatment of an inmate to improve behavior a workers' compensation claimant who received remedial attention from a doctor a remedial statute correcting the previous law

2. : of, relating to, or being a law enacted for the purpose of providing a method of enforcing an already existing substantive right : procedural