Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
We consent to the references to our firm under the captions Financial Highlights in Hartford Schroders Sustainable Core Bond Funds Prospectus and Financial Statements in Hartford Schroders Sustainable Core Bond Funds Statement of Additional Information, each dated March 1, 2022, and each included in this Post-Effective Amendment No. 171 to the Registration Statement (Form N-1A, File No. 002-11387) of The Hartford Mutual Funds II, Inc. (the Registration Statement).
We also consent to the incorporation by reference of our report dated December 29, 2020, with respect to the financial statements and financial highlights of Schroder Core Bond Fund (Hartford Schroders Sustainable Core Bond Funds predecessor fund) (one of the funds constituting Schroder Series Trust) included in the Annual Report to Shareholders (Form N-CSR) for the year ended October 31, 2020, into this Registration Statement, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 25, 2022